MAL-2025-4665

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/grpc-google-bigtable-v2/MAL-2025-4665.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2025-4665
Published
2024-09-06T11:29:16Z
Modified
2025-12-12T20:39:51.703709Z
Summary
Malicious code in grpc-google-bigtable-v2 (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (9640f0015404a6fff13b4e9bbb9e01d3d4f545a8ae8935dc95425a427c561576)

Generic campaign for all (likely) research / pentests, where the amount or art of collected data raises questions about the privacy, security and ethical side.

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

Campaign: GENERIC-questionable-pentest

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • exfiltration-env-variables

  • exfiltration-generic

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

  • typosquatting

Source: ossf-package-analysis (ede9be184ad678c156e8b6fa9edc4acb9fba416bbb0f0a67b243da2476ea8e3f)

The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'grpc-google-bigtable-v2' @ 0.11.99 (pypi) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

  • The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.

  • The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.

Database specific 
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        {
            "source": "ossf-package-analysis",
            "modified_time": "2025-06-04T02:35:49Z",
            "sha256": "ede9be184ad678c156e8b6fa9edc4acb9fba416bbb0f0a67b243da2476ea8e3f",
            "versions": [
                "0.11.99"
            ],
            "import_time": "2025-06-04T02:36:27.171815763Z"
        },
        {
            "source": "reversing-labs",
            "id": "RLMA-2025-03611",
            "modified_time": "2025-07-31T19:15:14Z",
            "sha256": "4133c2dfc12e97646c8cd2927d819ed1fdcd52656b080407a12b28d6295f9dd3",
            "versions": [
                "0.11.99"
            ],
            "import_time": "2025-08-01T10:07:11.662070103Z"
        },
        {
            "source": "kam193",
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-questionable-pentest/grpc-google-bigtable-v2",
            "modified_time": "2024-09-06T11:29:16Z",
            "sha256": "fc0b270abbfe9d697c61881d94b198b88069a76825ca24a48d35425db14e9232",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.229261021Z"
        },
        {
            "source": "kam193",
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-questionable-pentest/grpc-google-bigtable-v2",
            "modified_time": "2024-09-06T11:29:16Z",
            "sha256": "9640f0015404a6fff13b4e9bbb9e01d3d4f545a8ae8935dc95425a427c561576",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:18.250073677Z"
        },
        {
            "source": "kam193",
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-questionable-pentest/grpc-google-bigtable-v2",
            "modified_time": "2024-09-06T11:29:16Z",
            "sha256": "ebc6b767fb6cd105f3a0771ef6a2c27b3d89a4242abdd0654af36c5fc8dee3f9",
            "versions": [
                "0.11.99"
            ],
            "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.515554212Z"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / grpc-google-bigtable-v2

Package

Name
grpc-google-bigtable-v2
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Purl
pkg:pypi/grpc-google-bigtable-v2

Affected ranges

Affected versions

0.*
0.11.99

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/grpc-google-bigtable-v2/MAL-2025-4665.json"