MAL-2025-3744

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/program-admin/MAL-2025-3744.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2025-3744
Published
2025-05-10T13:26:02Z
Modified
2025-12-12T20:41:48.427485Z
Summary
Malicious code in program-admin (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (79810d0cd56c8a3266dcbe5827dd3d27eb976b353c7b17940a29dddc602df4f7)

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 (21aafd5a731c66af3cff57a98bb892d950cddfafcd204ecc3e41c0a0f3de3864)

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

It is considered malicious because:

  • The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.
Database specific 
{
    "iocs": {
        "domains": [
            "sl4x0.xyz"
        ]
    },
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "sha256": "21aafd5a731c66af3cff57a98bb892d950cddfafcd204ecc3e41c0a0f3de3864",
            "import_time": "2025-05-12T00:25:55.219289234Z",
            "modified_time": "2025-05-10T13:26:02Z",
            "versions": [
                "0.0.1"
            ],
            "source": "ossf-package-analysis"
        },
        {
            "sha256": "ad48dea0126bca950dde55265af75dec3bbb99b271292ebb35022f5176c3ed5d",
            "import_time": "2025-05-12T00:25:55.291118846Z",
            "modified_time": "2025-05-10T13:32:50Z",
            "versions": [
                "1.0.1"
            ],
            "source": "ossf-package-analysis"
        },
        {
            "sha256": "d1fd50a04ffab4bea06c36d070a2837e6c08abd652837fccf8ce416c27f37eb8",
            "import_time": "2025-05-22T14:06:36.505656559Z",
            "modified_time": "2025-05-22T12:33:40Z",
            "versions": [
                "0.0.1",
                "1.0.1"
            ],
            "id": "RLMA-2025-02584",
            "source": "reversing-labs"
        },
        {
            "sha256": "59224052106012b3930c4886c7d89df1b9395683bcce1256aabcfa9038e7987c",
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.446901991Z",
            "modified_time": "2025-05-10T17:59:53Z",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "id": "pypi/2025-05-sl4x01/program-admin",
            "source": "kam193"
        },
        {
            "sha256": "79810d0cd56c8a3266dcbe5827dd3d27eb976b353c7b17940a29dddc602df4f7",
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:18.469808451Z",
            "modified_time": "2025-05-10T17:59:53Z",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "id": "pypi/2025-05-sl4x01/program-admin",
            "source": "kam193"
        },
        {
            "sha256": "5feeb5216a7894e29bb2891c20de5fd9fdb80aa3b224d4bd051890eb827d7b0c",
            "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.684549937Z",
            "modified_time": "2025-05-10T17:59:53Z",
            "versions": [
                "0.0.1",
                "1.0.1"
            ],
            "id": "pypi/2025-05-sl4x01/program-admin",
            "source": "kam193"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / program-admin

Package

Name
program-admin
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:pypi/program-admin

Affected ranges

Affected versions

0.*
0.0.1
1.*
1.0.1

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/program-admin/MAL-2025-3744.json"