{"id":"MAL-2024-5325","summary":"Malicious code in libsock (PyPI)","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","aliases":["SNYK-PYTHON-LIBSOCK-6139261"],"modified":"2026-03-19T12:54:24.204320Z","published":"2024-06-25T13:36:56Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"id":"RLMA-2024-04107","import_time":"2024-06-28T02:49:21.576480588Z","modified_time":"2024-06-25T13:36:56Z","sha256":"74e9c1c0d56be08681f2347e7a45296f31c8c49b78eaf17c9a5fd7e2c610b836","source":"reversing-labs","versions":["1.1.3","1.1.0"]},{"id":"RLUA-2024-08471","import_time":"2024-10-24T00:59:24.567227115Z","modified_time":"2024-10-16T14:43:14Z","sha256":"7a615347539330614ba7156383cc8bb90f6abcd84f9636a4de17659825db0b59","source":"reversing-labs"},{"id":"pypi/2023-11-update-information-endpoint/libsock","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:55.310100019Z","modified_time":"2024-08-09T19:17:59Z","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"sha256":"ecbe2bc8b2c0d658a96156e7d7b6d71176492493bc325404b473a77a61f20f48","source":"kam193"},{"import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:18.336512191Z","modified_time":"2024-08-09T19:17:59Z","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"sha256":"8894e90cf943b19a12209f27fbd96009bc1c0c63af51f723208570e1afae2c47","source":"kam193","id":"pypi/2023-11-update-information-endpoint/libsock"},{"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"]},{"source":"reversing-labs","id":"RLUA-2025-06572","import_time":"2025-12-24T10:07:36.609918512Z","modified_time":"2025-12-23T08:38:57Z","sha256":"cfa1c23a3a97268aff98963dc583a071e1d1c81111f910599d210506facd446d"},{"id":"RLUA-2026-00470","import_time":"2026-03-19T12:19:59.507038891Z","modified_time":"2026-03-18T12:15:36Z","sha256":"7f63cfe26759fe925e88f385129e2845bb346cd4596efded11337dba9bf467be","source":"reversing-labs"}]},"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"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"libsock","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/libsock"},"versions":["1.1.3","1.1.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/libsock/MAL-2024-5325.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"]},{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"ANALYST"},{"name":"ReversingLabs","contact":["https://www.reversinglabs.com"],"type":"FINDER"}]}