MAL-2025-3741

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/dial-xl/MAL-2025-3741.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2025-3741
Published
2025-05-10T13:41:29Z
Modified
2025-12-12T20:39:15.611697Z
Summary
Malicious code in dial-xl (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (129b71dc44955e560cd56ff53e0be19aced751699016fa96cb04ee75d2e76e3b)

Packages that seem to be created by a legit bug bounty hunter. Designed to look like created by different organisations, they contain a couple of data exfiltration (including all env variables) and potential remote code execution (though the URL seems not to serve any code).

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

Campaign: 2025-05-sl4x01

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.

  • exfiltration-env-variables

  • impersonation

Source: ossf-package-analysis (0febe63d78b1149e91af60c89ae73e492d43cb35f04dc6aaee2c4048987081a9)

The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'dial-xl' @ 0.0.1 (pypi) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

  • The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.
Database specific 
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    "malicious-packages-origins": [
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            "modified_time": "2025-05-10T13:41:29Z",
            "source": "ossf-package-analysis",
            "versions": [
                "0.0.1"
            ],
            "import_time": "2025-05-12T00:25:55.382499014Z"
        },
        {
            "id": "RLMA-2025-02567",
            "sha256": "981cfe7e3f073f4617d3753692488e7d648638062ce86107e80053f7e42b27bf",
            "modified_time": "2025-05-22T12:33:30Z",
            "source": "reversing-labs",
            "versions": [
                "0.0.1"
            ],
            "import_time": "2025-05-22T14:06:35.135348536Z"
        },
        {
            "id": "pypi/2025-05-sl4x01/dial-xl",
            "sha256": "bbee7f1a70bb8bd38a215ed7b6ed02042387824942682e3caedcd4dbe255ac29",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
                }
            ],
            "modified_time": "2025-05-10T17:59:53Z",
            "source": "kam193",
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.099069131Z"
        },
        {
            "id": "pypi/2025-05-sl4x01/dial-xl",
            "sha256": "129b71dc44955e560cd56ff53e0be19aced751699016fa96cb04ee75d2e76e3b",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
                }
            ],
            "modified_time": "2025-05-10T17:59:53Z",
            "source": "kam193",
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:18.110205419Z"
        },
        {
            "id": "pypi/2025-05-sl4x01/dial-xl",
            "sha256": "6998be6df530663dae02f1db20706272aefdaa812605fb740493e5f41d63c126",
            "modified_time": "2025-05-10T17:59:53Z",
            "source": "kam193",
            "versions": [
                "0.0.1"
            ],
            "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.39546625Z"
        }
    ],
    "iocs": {
        "domains": [
            "sl4x0.xyz"
        ]
    }
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / dial-xl

Package

Name
dial-xl
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:pypi/dial-xl

Affected ranges

Affected versions

0.*
0.0.1

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/dial-xl/MAL-2025-3741.json"