MAL-2024-12333

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    MAL-2024-12333

    Published: 12 Dec 2024Last Modified: 12 Dec 2025

    Summary: Malicious code in python-bitget-api (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (cac6988c3746b27c0cc34a156657431c2a0c0c36de45c6b88a00130d30dfd66e) Importing the module starts an obfuscated PowerShell code, which downloads and executes a remote script. On Windows, the script appears to just start the calculator. On MacOS, the file is identified as a Spark RAT by multiple vendors. Package impersonate the legitimate "python-bitget". Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers. Campaign: 2024-12-python-bitget-api Reasons (based on the campaign): - typosquatting - obfuscation - clones-real-package - dependency-confusion - crypto-related - impersonation - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.

    References: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/a3b25b30a607645efefa26180baf183695c97c58b06aa6a67af1332cd3fe582e/, https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/python-bitget-api

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: python-bitget-api

    Purl: pkg:pypi/python-bitget-api

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    3.1.5
    MAL-2024-12333 | CVE-DB