{"id":"MAL-2025-6479","summary":"Malicious code in cloudx-auth (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (069fce9e881c6c5a7b7e17d06814e25e193f0ac67903e80242a1a22de7c7d69d)\nInstalling the package or importing the module exfiltrates basic information about the host, and the package has no other purpose.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: PROBABLY_PENTEST - Packages looking like typical pentest packages, but also anything that looks like testing, exploring pre-prepared kits, research & co, with clearly low-harm possibilities.\n\n\nCampaign: GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.\n\n\n - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.\n","modified":"2026-03-19T12:51:51.587173Z","published":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"versions":["1.3.1"],"modified_time":"2025-07-31T19:14:34Z","source":"reversing-labs","id":"RLMA-2025-03564","import_time":"2025-08-01T10:07:10.400403406Z","sha256":"a563601a7a339b185e43b0f1ba32c66f30717e58f3a328049ac5135394250637"},{"source":"kam193","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/cloudx-auth","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:55.946591675Z","sha256":"c01abe9b7878bef2fce5cc080066338599ac77b72da78413c0396548b13ac10e"},{"source":"kam193","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/cloudx-auth","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:19.136282985Z","sha256":"069fce9e881c6c5a7b7e17d06814e25e193f0ac67903e80242a1a22de7c7d69d"},{"versions":["1.3.1"],"modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","source":"kam193","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/cloudx-auth","import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:58.273716211Z","sha256":"39a7a45aa4f13d59ec5dbea3c2678c00046ec982aff0ed2304421dc23b680bfd"},{"modified_time":"2026-03-18T12:12:27Z","source":"reversing-labs","id":"RLUA-2026-00197","import_time":"2026-03-19T12:19:33.775127438Z","sha256":"3c9d427ec58e40627200d4a5893d6f724c8045dfa2a3b77ff59eae19e510a45f"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/cloudx-auth"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"cloudx-auth","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/cloudx-auth"},"versions":["1.3.1"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/cloudx-auth/MAL-2025-6479.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":"REPORTER"},{"name":"ReversingLabs","contact":["https://www.reversinglabs.com"],"type":"FINDER"}]}