MAL-2024-1624

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    MAL-2024-1624

    Published: 17 Jun 2024Last Modified: 12 Dec 2025

    Summary: Malicious code in importlib-metadate (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (b6db8994d6a78a5d0d95df2d0add2257ee6188f8c5419cbd7e2813426739d15d) Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers. Campaign: baidu-readver Reasons (based on the campaign): - The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk. Source: ossf-package-analysis (540e9c9d054904f5342d684bd5cabf212fdbe7e4d20bac7407c937a6b8264cab) The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'importlib-metadate' @ 99.99 (pypi) as malicious. It is considered malicious because: - The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.

    References: https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/importlib-metadate

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: importlib-metadate

    Purl: pkg:pypi/importlib-metadate

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    99.9
    MAL-2024-1624 | CVE-DB