{"id":"MAL-2025-6480","summary":"Malicious code in cloudx-base (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (e6149ee730ff938a43a0991fe084446193db7c0a8c7269623f84679ed6378b3c)\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":"2026-03-19T12:51:52.491403Z","published":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"sha256":"4bb2f7047ec34a36a64dcf7a0963fc13979e8685c6d0c4b492a6c767042f12f7","source":"reversing-labs","versions":["0.1.12","1.2.0","1.2.1"],"id":"RLMA-2025-03565","import_time":"2025-08-01T10:07:10.437014313Z","modified_time":"2025-07-31T19:14:35Z"},{"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/cloudx-base","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:55.947543103Z","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"sha256":"02398a8a3bbb2694d84660a412047911960c6a743176d20b3127262057b7da49","source":"kam193"},{"ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"sha256":"e6149ee730ff938a43a0991fe084446193db7c0a8c7269623f84679ed6378b3c","source":"kam193","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/cloudx-base","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:19.137435118Z","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z"},{"sha256":"2e2d2c15300b9d639ce9e21b382a2658b9ba22fdb6f9c7cffabcf946193826b7","source":"kam193","versions":["0.1.12","1.2.0","1.2.1"],"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/cloudx-base","import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:58.274834546Z","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z"},{"sha256":"7968a6336370fee9a1051ec046892291f3f60abbd47f548f10630e5eb8617e22","source":"reversing-labs","id":"RLUA-2026-00198","import_time":"2026-03-19T12:19:33.857236483Z","modified_time":"2026-03-18T12:12:28Z"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/cloudx-base"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"cloudx-base","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/cloudx-base"},"versions":["0.1.12","1.2.0","1.2.1"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/cloudx-base/MAL-2025-6480.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"}]}