MAL-2025-6491

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/dbindicator/MAL-2025-6491.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2025-6491
Published
2025-07-11T10:03:16Z
Modified
2026-03-19T12:52:24.952161Z
Summary
Malicious code in dbindicator (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (7728e8fd1f3038b080b037908fea583383e6418d0aeb819e4b41b2b812b0b9d4)

Code download and executes a remote script. At the time of analysis, the remote code just runs a notepad - as so classified as a pentest/research.

Category: PROBABLY_PENTEST - Packages looking like typical pentest packages, but also anything that looks like testing, exploring pre-prepared kits, research & co, with clearly low-harm possibilities.

Campaign: 2025-07-db-indicator

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.
Database specific 
{
    "iocs": {
        "urls": [
            "https://api.etherjs.pro/socket"
        ],
        "domains": [
            "etherjs.pro"
        ]
    },
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "id": "RLMA-2025-03582",
            "import_time": "2025-08-01T10:07:10.789525791Z",
            "sha256": "aa6b8225435eda3fb1c7273231331a4cb3b7a26cb8cd94b79de54c53da535c83",
            "source": "reversing-labs",
            "modified_time": "2025-07-31T19:14:50Z",
            "versions": [
                "0.1.0",
                "0.1.1"
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "pypi/2025-07-db-indicator/dbindicator",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.975834293Z",
            "sha256": "6d464c0a78e51cd0193ba5593a88daf3c4e572b5cd0bf486a569507908132b29",
            "source": "kam193",
            "modified_time": "2025-07-11T10:03:16.954182Z"
        },
        {
            "id": "pypi/2025-07-db-indicator/dbindicator",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:19.168650526Z",
            "sha256": "7728e8fd1f3038b080b037908fea583383e6418d0aeb819e4b41b2b812b0b9d4",
            "source": "kam193",
            "modified_time": "2025-07-11T10:03:16.954182Z"
        },
        {
            "id": "pypi/2025-07-db-indicator/dbindicator",
            "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:58.307538807Z",
            "sha256": "0fd9f69acd5115e0be5feb673467a2b78423f64e7479b6da7d7a50a5760c3b9e",
            "source": "kam193",
            "modified_time": "2025-07-11T10:03:16.954182Z",
            "versions": [
                "0.1.0",
                "0.1.1"
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "RLUA-2026-00250",
            "import_time": "2026-03-19T12:19:38.490537437Z",
            "sha256": "5e4a59ee93b85fc7663648f06042c2b76816a8fe9615dfdb96f1b210a48c791e",
            "source": "reversing-labs",
            "modified_time": "2026-03-18T12:13:05Z"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / dbindicator

Package

Name
dbindicator
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Purl
pkg:pypi/dbindicator

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/dbindicator/MAL-2025-6491.json"