MAL-2025-5122

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/octopus32/MAL-2025-5122.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2025-5122
Published
2025-05-20T18:23:54Z
Modified
2026-03-19T12:36:37.576038Z
Summary
Malicious code in octopus32 (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (15fe4c8243ee2e3d9bb59df9134466819fdcb2e151cc4d79568dc4eb2dea9ac9)

The obfuscated code downloads and starts a remote executable. The remote file has limited detection in VT, but contains at least code to add Defender exclusion paths.

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

Campaign: 2025-05-octopus32

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • Downloads and executes a remote executable.

  • obfuscation

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "source": "reversing-labs",
            "id": "RLMA-2025-03019",
            "versions": [
                "0.1.0",
                "0.1.1"
            ],
            "modified_time": "2025-06-18T10:15:15Z",
            "sha256": "af892547bb44db0db1c2f36d380f9ed5e5bee3186ae5653cdd57a96cec1d3e15",
            "import_time": "2025-06-18T15:06:02.042915446Z"
        },
        {
            "source": "kam193",
            "id": "pypi/2025-05-octopus32/octopus32",
            "modified_time": "2025-05-20T18:23:54Z",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "sha256": "9bf3c65a50bb5637482dc1208f78981469231e937d80cd001b107631773b83d8",
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.37274958Z"
        },
        {
            "source": "kam193",
            "id": "pypi/2025-05-octopus32/octopus32",
            "modified_time": "2025-05-20T18:23:54Z",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "sha256": "15fe4c8243ee2e3d9bb59df9134466819fdcb2e151cc4d79568dc4eb2dea9ac9",
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:18.398719347Z"
        },
        {
            "source": "kam193",
            "id": "pypi/2025-05-octopus32/octopus32",
            "versions": [
                "0.1.0",
                "0.1.1"
            ],
            "modified_time": "2025-05-20T18:23:54Z",
            "sha256": "f41ad619fe0ac436fbed48ada79e2542cfc50f0b7f87adce88dd9dd03542ed6e",
            "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.616327458Z"
        },
        {
            "source": "reversing-labs",
            "id": "RLUA-2026-00567",
            "modified_time": "2026-03-18T12:16:37Z",
            "sha256": "6acc58b795f3887a16933c00a5414ebac8b3d29e309135a2eebdaccc8a015a9e",
            "import_time": "2026-03-19T12:20:09.395424332Z"
        }
    ],
    "iocs": {
        "urls": [
            "https://github.com/portunaa/ProtonPP/raw/refs/heads/main/LastActivity.exe",
            "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/portunaa/ProtonPP/refs/heads/main/LastActivity.exe"
        ]
    }
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / octopus32

Package

Name
octopus32
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Purl
pkg:pypi/octopus32

Affected ranges

Affected versions

0.*
0.1.0
0.1.1

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/octopus32/MAL-2025-5122.json"