mal-2024-5101
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2024-06-25 13:35
Modified
2025-12-24 10:09
Summary
Malicious code in easyhttprequest (PyPI)
Details
-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-
Source: kam193 (2b8f76adb9701e490a7cb89a6457afd1ce1cbe67712cdca356da7f35791ba993)
Clone of the requests package. During installation, it downloads a git repository and attempts to execute a script from its commit message
Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2023-12-09-easyhttprequest
Reasons (based on the campaign):
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The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.
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Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.
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clones-real-package
{
"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"name": "easyhttprequest",
"purl": "pkg:pypi/easyhttprequest"
},
"versions": [
"2.31.5",
"2.31.4"
]
}
],
"aliases": [
"SNYK-PYTHON-EASYHTTPREQUEST-6139264"
],
"credits": [
{
"contact": [
"https://github.com/kam193",
"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"
],
"name": "Kamil Ma\u0144kowski (kam193)"
},
{
"contact": [
"https://github.com/kam193",
"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"
],
"name": "Kamil Ma\u0144kowski (kam193)",
"type": "REPORTER"
},
{
"contact": [
"https://www.reversinglabs.com"
],
"name": "ReversingLabs",
"type": "FINDER"
}
],
"database_specific": {
"iocs": {
"urls": [
"https://github.com/isaaknikolaev/PySocks",
"https://github.com/isaaknikolaev/PySocks.git"
]
},
"malicious-packages-origins": [
{
"id": "RLMA-2024-03881",
"import_time": "2024-06-28T02:48:54.023055223Z",
"modified_time": "2024-06-25T13:35:06Z",
"sha256": "388de2c20294368ff9d6bb19c7186f425e1aa8aa2626055f1c79601cc5127e2f",
"source": "reversing-labs",
"versions": [
"2.31.5",
"2.31.4"
]
},
{
"id": "RLUA-2024-08178",
"import_time": "2024-10-24T00:59:09.652100838Z",
"modified_time": "2024-10-16T14:40:08Z",
"sha256": "e403455ee47272b28fe57bd3d7b76fee0300e9f68f412f99f6731844760a06ea",
"source": "reversing-labs"
},
{
"id": "pypi/2023-12-09-easyhttprequest/easyhttprequest",
"import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.117723594Z",
"modified_time": "2024-11-29T22:03:31Z",
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"sha256": "e429c7eb8d552d814158f47a9601620b9245ec31a710c2af8b005aac9f8ebae3",
"source": "kam193"
},
{
"id": "pypi/2023-12-09-easyhttprequest/easyhttprequest",
"import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:18.129525589Z",
"modified_time": "2024-11-29T22:03:31Z",
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"sha256": "2b8f76adb9701e490a7cb89a6457afd1ce1cbe67712cdca356da7f35791ba993",
"source": "kam193"
},
{
"id": "pypi/2023-12-09-easyhttprequest/easyhttprequest",
"import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.414690296Z",
"modified_time": "2024-11-29T22:03:31Z",
"sha256": "461c3dce37946adf37a513d11fb88d32996b9ea049cd61402ef5ab59601221a8",
"source": "kam193",
"versions": [
"2.31.4",
"2.31.5"
]
},
{
"id": "RLUA-2025-06562",
"import_time": "2025-12-24T10:07:36.499314675Z",
"modified_time": "2025-12-23T08:38:23Z",
"sha256": "6ac2b994befd596d6f2d6f4a6e752cdb739900f210f4ca1e1c9efe6e1ea07c2e",
"source": "reversing-labs"
}
]
},
"details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (2b8f76adb9701e490a7cb89a6457afd1ce1cbe67712cdca356da7f35791ba993)\nClone of the requests package. During installation, it downloads a git repository and attempts to execute a script from its commit message\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2023-12-09-easyhttprequest\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.\n\n\n - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.\n\n\n - clones-real-package\n",
"id": "MAL-2024-5101",
"modified": "2025-12-24T10:09:32Z",
"published": "2024-06-25T13:35:06Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ARTICLE",
"url": "https://medium.com/checkmarx-security/python-packages-leverage-github-to-deploy-fileless-malware-b6c281dea58f"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-EASYHTTPREQUEST-6139264"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/easyhttprequest"
},
{
"type": "ARTICLE",
"url": "https://www.reversinglabs.com/blog/malware-leveraging-public-infrastructure-like-github-on-the-rise"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.4",
"summary": "Malicious code in easyhttprequest (PyPI)"
}
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