MAL-2025-2152

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/certifications/MAL-2025-2152.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2025-2152
Published
2025-03-05T10:21:04Z
Modified
2025-12-12T20:33:02.782024Z
Summary
Malicious code in certifications (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (7d51c9defecdd382c5048eb6f92b32558355b8457b2b5cd63f3d86e12e8ed35b)

Package contains a reverse shell.

Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.

Campaign: 2025-03-certifications

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • The package contains code to create a reverse shell, allowing an attacker to execute any commands on the victim's machine.

Source: ossf-package-analysis (0515ead14660dcbffe28456794b1f84f6a8416f72a81ede8833f475644c70afd)

The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'certifications' @ 999.999.999 (pypi) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

  • The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.
Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "import_time": "2025-03-05T10:38:02.177185138Z",
            "modified_time": "2025-03-05T10:21:04Z",
            "source": "ossf-package-analysis",
            "versions": [
                "999.999.999"
            ],
            "sha256": "0515ead14660dcbffe28456794b1f84f6a8416f72a81ede8833f475644c70afd"
        },
        {
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.038212128Z",
            "modified_time": "2025-03-05T10:47:45Z",
            "source": "kam193",
            "sha256": "f057dff70b37ff4a7cf923a36404dd6aea73f24657f0ffc39aa6641f91d0a795",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "id": "pypi/2025-03-certifications/certifications"
        },
        {
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:18.046631856Z",
            "modified_time": "2025-03-05T10:47:45Z",
            "source": "kam193",
            "sha256": "7d51c9defecdd382c5048eb6f92b32558355b8457b2b5cd63f3d86e12e8ed35b",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "id": "pypi/2025-03-certifications/certifications"
        },
        {
            "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.339744392Z",
            "modified_time": "2025-03-05T10:47:45Z",
            "source": "kam193",
            "versions": [
                "999.999.999"
            ],
            "sha256": "35659660f35d67be862ea1f43a87c295826869dc31e4387717f43f6b46ab9669",
            "id": "pypi/2025-03-certifications/certifications"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / certifications

Package

Name
certifications
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:pypi/certifications

Affected ranges

Affected versions

999.*

999.999.999

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/certifications/MAL-2025-2152.json"