MAL-2025-2993

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/pythonhttp/MAL-2025-2993.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2025-2993
Published
2025-03-04T10:02:05Z
Modified
2026-03-19T12:56:08.818295Z
Summary
Malicious code in pythonhttp (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (3ed5759c2260c5467724f053f3d59eac62f5491fc2d03350fef0a6f832652e3b)

Installing the package starts a heavily obfuscated Powershell Script that attempts to (at least) overwrite copied crypto wallets

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

Campaign: 2025-03-pythonhttp

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.

  • obfuscation

  • malware

  • crypto-related

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "source": "reversing-labs",
            "id": "RLMA-2025-01992",
            "modified_time": "2025-03-28T13:06:08Z",
            "sha256": "6a122a77250072d59a6c30b2481a19b1b841182f8531a7007131dd824324c4b1",
            "versions": [
                "0.1",
                "1.0.4"
            ],
            "import_time": "2025-03-31T07:07:06.549163703Z"
        },
        {
            "source": "kam193",
            "id": "pypi/2025-03-pythonhttp/pythonhttp",
            "modified_time": "2025-03-04T10:02:05Z",
            "sha256": "47baf933e5681e0c9ccded4eb43838eba6471b269f6d6931be73a7ad98d38974",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.497664702Z"
        },
        {
            "source": "kam193",
            "id": "pypi/2025-03-pythonhttp/pythonhttp",
            "modified_time": "2025-03-04T10:02:05Z",
            "sha256": "3ed5759c2260c5467724f053f3d59eac62f5491fc2d03350fef0a6f832652e3b",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:18.522521497Z"
        },
        {
            "source": "kam193",
            "id": "pypi/2025-03-pythonhttp/pythonhttp",
            "modified_time": "2025-03-04T10:02:05Z",
            "sha256": "9f890dd2f7a693f0c2fe632b76bd7d111480dab1a6200c6671731ce0b5161f07",
            "versions": [
                "1.0.4"
            ],
            "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.740957417Z"
        },
        {
            "source": "reversing-labs",
            "id": "RLUA-2026-00669",
            "modified_time": "2026-03-18T12:17:50Z",
            "sha256": "6415283ba4a5019ab461dcae2e7ff6642ce84db38b6ee5f259c73dd3bdfcf597",
            "import_time": "2026-03-19T12:20:18.889986628Z"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / pythonhttp

Package

Name
pythonhttp
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Purl
pkg:pypi/pythonhttp

Affected ranges

Affected versions

0.*
0.1
1.*
1.0.4

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/pythonhttp/MAL-2025-2993.json"