MAL-2025-1007

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    MAL-2025-1007

    Published: 14 Dec 2024Last Modified: 19 Mar 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in websynapse (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (7323a05444284204de7701ff8b7a738bc155cb22356cf93fc1399dedad5afa46) The package contains highly obfuscated content, that install another, downloaded from a remote location obfuscated script in the installation path of the 'requests' package, and marks it as a hidden system file. In addition, another file contains a code that imitates doing some meaningful activity. Later attempts hide the malicious code in a separated package, downloaded from Test PyPI. Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers. Campaign: 2024-12-httpfluent Reasons (based on the campaign): - obfuscation - modify-system-without-consent - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.

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

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: websynapse

    Purl: pkg:pypi/websynapse

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.1
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