MAL-2025-6483

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    MAL-2025-6483

    Published: 28 Jun 2025Last Modified: 19 Mar 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in cpan (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (e70433969aea3c8283f99098b25b8a598f427b5fd451e9bfd5bc46098704bfb2) Installing the package starts a revshell and download and starts a remote script (depending on version, different malicious functionality). The name seems to imitate CPAN.org Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers. Campaign: 2025-06-cpan Reasons (based on the campaign): - The package contains code to create a reverse shell, allowing an attacker to execute any commands on the victim's machine. - impersonation - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.

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

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: cpan

    Purl: pkg:pypi/cpan

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.0.2
    0.0.3
    0.0.1
    MAL-2025-6483 | CVE-DB