MAL-2025-5124

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/pyfiglets/MAL-2025-5124.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2025-5124
Published
2025-05-15T21:07:23Z
Modified
2026-03-19T12:55:52.866938Z
Summary
Malicious code in pyfiglets (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (66caa962e9fedf67dff7c9da840c4a4dcdca71f237d2e36f332f5b5bd32750bc)

Malicious clone of pyfiglet. Importing the package starts a series of downloading and executing of obfuscated malicious scripts, partially identified by AVs.

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

Campaign: 2025-05-rich-figlet

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • backdoor

  • clones-real-package

  • obfuscation

  • Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.

Database specific 
{
    "iocs": {
        "urls": [
            "http://185.254.198.245:8080/update?token=4z1m6qbi4vzpwykp8YK4wAeZX89gbdwSy3dSCBGy2rkMjG5D0Alp5WO1RgktLeYk&platform=",
            "http://185.254.198.245:80/admin/get.php",
            "http://185.254.198.245:80/login/process.php"
        ],
        "ips": [
            "185.254.198.245"
        ]
    },
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "id": "RLMA-2025-03021",
            "import_time": "2025-06-18T15:06:02.229744504Z",
            "sha256": "7198f093584957c553eb8c896044b3cb8bee6bf85c08cf856d8b9d1a63b7f635",
            "source": "reversing-labs",
            "modified_time": "2025-06-18T10:15:17Z",
            "versions": [
                "0.0.1"
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "pypi/2025-05-rich-figlet/pyfiglets",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.465800751Z",
            "sha256": "f3bc7d429d4c5ea06232ecf9601a6791330176593eebb00ff147bbed316bcf1b",
            "source": "kam193",
            "modified_time": "2025-05-15T21:07:23Z"
        },
        {
            "id": "pypi/2025-05-rich-figlet/pyfiglets",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:18.490372927Z",
            "sha256": "66caa962e9fedf67dff7c9da840c4a4dcdca71f237d2e36f332f5b5bd32750bc",
            "source": "kam193",
            "modified_time": "2025-05-15T21:07:23Z"
        },
        {
            "id": "pypi/2025-05-rich-figlet/pyfiglets",
            "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.705431572Z",
            "sha256": "79a812e77f7536e87dbfbd691f5596b72d2d2821b339ed04f8375462bba36443",
            "source": "kam193",
            "modified_time": "2025-05-15T21:07:23Z",
            "versions": [
                "0.0.1"
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "RLUA-2026-00633",
            "import_time": "2026-03-19T12:20:15.622798072Z",
            "sha256": "15693e10c04edbb1252e11a1f26661caa05d3005bdc99dc54a3a80e01e505bcc",
            "source": "reversing-labs",
            "modified_time": "2026-03-18T12:17:27Z"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / pyfiglets

Package

Name
pyfiglets
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Purl
pkg:pypi/pyfiglets

Affected ranges

Affected versions

0.*
0.0.1

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/pyfiglets/MAL-2025-5124.json"