MAL-2025-5837

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/test-package-avinav/MAL-2025-5837.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2025-5837
Published
2025-07-12T07:50:49Z
Modified
2025-12-12T20:43:14Z
Summary
Malicious code in test-package-avinav (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (db665678ac908b6f9aa76ef069759ebd70b62c901a6f840b765ba7cac299c423)

During installation, a heavily obfuscated code is executed. Exact behaviour unclear

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

Campaign: 2025-07-test-package-avinav

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • obfuscation

Source: ossf-package-analysis (a701dbfb1fb2a151d070e86ea07710e08c317743ac5b90d82b3cdc2231cd3093)

The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'test-package-avinav' @ 0.0.1 (pypi) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

  • The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.
Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "import_time": "2025-07-12T08:07:08.762214232Z",
            "modified_time": "2025-07-12T07:50:49Z",
            "sha256": "a701dbfb1fb2a151d070e86ea07710e08c317743ac5b90d82b3cdc2231cd3093",
            "source": "ossf-package-analysis",
            "versions": [
                "0.0.1"
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "pypi/2025-07-test-package-avinav/test-package-avinav",
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.633028697Z",
            "modified_time": "2025-07-14T15:42:39.539407Z",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
                }
            ],
            "sha256": "4c69d3b95e98adbec500b9d5d30b140e8b0ca8134f67c29e625ce1f1cc493468",
            "source": "kam193"
        },
        {
            "id": "pypi/2025-07-test-package-avinav/test-package-avinav",
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:18.674926457Z",
            "modified_time": "2025-07-14T15:42:39.539407Z",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
                }
            ],
            "sha256": "db665678ac908b6f9aa76ef069759ebd70b62c901a6f840b765ba7cac299c423",
            "source": "kam193"
        },
        {
            "id": "pypi/2025-07-test-package-avinav/test-package-avinav",
            "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.860703095Z",
            "modified_time": "2025-07-14T15:42:39.539407Z",
            "sha256": "dc06b9c4431039005279fe9c2c1dc4e7e88b286bfd61f17bc3be05701f7d0e6a",
            "source": "kam193",
            "versions": [
                "0.0.1"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / test-package-avinav

Package

Name
test-package-avinav
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Purl
pkg:pypi/test-package-avinav

Affected ranges

Affected versions

0.*
0.0.1

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/test-package-avinav/MAL-2025-5837.json"