{"id":"MAL-2025-191752","summary":"Malicious code in helmet-fastapi (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (c1f805932ecbcd95197e98c6e2336eb773252abf5615fe135076d1848cb90395)\nPackage contains hidden code adding a backdoor - a WebSocket path handler which will execute commands sent by an attacker knowing the path. In addition, it adds a log handler to remove related access logs.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2025-04-helmet-fastapi\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - backdoor\n\n\n - obfuscation\n","modified":"2025-12-12T20:39:59.768368Z","published":"2025-04-30T16:30:07Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:55.241295959Z","source":"kam193","sha256":"cde4ad41115adb4e499fc7867383ebf986e62fcfc2492dbf3ca4937e16178ed9","modified_time":"2025-04-30T16:30:07Z","id":"pypi/2025-04-helmet-fastapi/helmet-fastapi","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]},{"import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:18.264257026Z","source":"kam193","sha256":"c1f805932ecbcd95197e98c6e2336eb773252abf5615fe135076d1848cb90395","modified_time":"2025-04-30T16:30:07Z","id":"pypi/2025-04-helmet-fastapi/helmet-fastapi","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]},{"versions":["1.2","1.3","1.3.1","1.3.2","1.3.3"],"import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:57.526531323Z","source":"kam193","sha256":"4621e284dc1fd619aaafc15169540550f8e6e4405c01a66d44e1dec597cb4deb","modified_time":"2025-04-30T16:30:07Z","id":"pypi/2025-04-helmet-fastapi/helmet-fastapi"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/helmet-fastapi"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"helmet-fastapi","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/helmet-fastapi"},"versions":["1.2","1.3","1.3.1","1.3.2","1.3.3"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/helmet-fastapi/MAL-2025-191752.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","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":"REPORTER"}]}