{
  "affected": [
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      "package": {
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        "name": "libsock",
        "purl": "pkg:pypi/libsock"
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        "1.1.0"
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  ],
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    "SNYK-PYTHON-LIBSOCK-6139261"
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  "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": "ANALYST"
    },
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      "contact": [
        "https://www.reversinglabs.com"
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      "name": "ReversingLabs",
      "type": "FINDER"
    }
  ],
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        "id": "RLMA-2024-04107",
        "import_time": "2024-06-28T02:49:21.576480588Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-06-25T13:36:56Z",
        "sha256": "74e9c1c0d56be08681f2347e7a45296f31c8c49b78eaf17c9a5fd7e2c610b836",
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      },
      {
        "id": "RLUA-2024-08471",
        "import_time": "2024-10-24T00:59:24.567227115Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-10-16T14:43:14Z",
        "sha256": "7a615347539330614ba7156383cc8bb90f6abcd84f9636a4de17659825db0b59",
        "source": "reversing-labs"
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      {
        "id": "pypi/2023-11-update-information-endpoint/libsock",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.310100019Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-08-09T19:17:59Z",
        "ranges": [
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                "introduced": "0"
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        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2023-11-update-information-endpoint/libsock",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:18.336512191Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-08-09T19:17:59Z",
        "ranges": [
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                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
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          }
        ],
        "sha256": "8894e90cf943b19a12209f27fbd96009bc1c0c63af51f723208570e1afae2c47",
        "source": "kam193"
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      {
        "id": "pypi/2023-11-update-information-endpoint/libsock",
        "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.570468101Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-08-09T19:17:59Z",
        "sha256": "0a6dbb368cef015d08b51bd6f3f2a3b7ba6bfa0c31175b761023c080a8edf470",
        "source": "kam193",
        "versions": [
          "1.1.0",
          "1.1.3"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "RLUA-2025-06572",
        "import_time": "2025-12-24T10:07:36.609918512Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-12-23T08:38:57Z",
        "sha256": "cfa1c23a3a97268aff98963dc583a071e1d1c81111f910599d210506facd446d",
        "source": "reversing-labs"
      }
    ]
  },
  "details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (8894e90cf943b19a12209f27fbd96009bc1c0c63af51f723208570e1afae2c47)\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2023-11-update-information-endpoint\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - obfuscation\n\n\n - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.\n\n\n - typosquatting\n",
  "id": "MAL-2024-5325",
  "modified": "2025-12-24T10:09:32Z",
  "published": "2024-06-25T13:36:56Z",
  "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-LIBSOCK-6139261"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/libsock"
    },
    {
      "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 libsock (PyPI)"
}