mal-2025-191897
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2025-11-22 15:12
Modified
2025-12-24 10:09
Summary
Malicious code in tgeffect (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (e254217ac113edcc1914bdfcda06509137ceed6a7441b3c846653d769335bcaa)

Importing the module starts obfuscated code which then look for data related to some Telegram clients and attempt to exfiltrate them

Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.

Campaign: 2025-11-tgeffect

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • obfuscation

  • target:telegram

  • exfiltration-credentials



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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "tgeffect"
      },
      "versions": [
        "1.1.3",
        "1.1.2",
        "1.1.0",
        "1.2.1",
        "1.3.1",
        "1.4.1",
        "1.4.2",
        "1.4.3",
        "1.4.4"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "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": {
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
      {
        "id": "pypi/2025-11-tgeffect/tgeffect",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.641309069Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-11-22T18:24:54.617347Z",
        "sha256": "624fb77437544790ca097e5dbddf8b4f9f309bd3f0f5be52f9a97b34a4cdb0f3",
        "source": "kam193",
        "versions": [
          "1.1.3",
          "1.1.2",
          "1.1.0",
          "1.1.3",
          "1.2.1",
          "1.3.1",
          "1.4.1",
          "1.4.2",
          "1.4.3",
          "1.4.4"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2025-11-tgeffect/tgeffect",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:18.682736586Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-11-22T18:24:54.617347Z",
        "sha256": "e254217ac113edcc1914bdfcda06509137ceed6a7441b3c846653d769335bcaa",
        "source": "kam193",
        "versions": [
          "1.1.3",
          "1.1.2",
          "1.1.0",
          "1.1.3",
          "1.2.1",
          "1.3.1",
          "1.4.1",
          "1.4.2",
          "1.4.3",
          "1.4.4"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "RLMA-2025-06597",
        "import_time": "2025-12-24T10:07:31.543634319Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-12-23T08:39:56Z",
        "sha256": "9955b619a1f6a19c03fd67e2b7605f97d04dae865c20e77e3d382e065175d5e5",
        "source": "reversing-labs",
        "versions": [
          "1.1.0",
          "1.1.2",
          "1.1.3",
          "1.2.1",
          "1.3.1",
          "1.4.1"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (e254217ac113edcc1914bdfcda06509137ceed6a7441b3c846653d769335bcaa)\nImporting the module starts obfuscated code which then look for data related to some Telegram clients and attempt to exfiltrate them\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2025-11-tgeffect\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - obfuscation\n\n\n - target:telegram\n\n\n - exfiltration-credentials\n",
  "id": "MAL-2025-191897",
  "modified": "2025-12-24T10:09:32Z",
  "published": "2025-11-22T15:12:29Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/tgeffect"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.4",
  "summary": "Malicious code in tgeffect (PyPI)"
}


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