{"id":"MAL-2025-962","summary":"Malicious code in python-bitget-request (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (bf787bcce66ad47046d93086a114a0f144b0f538b3d969fea6aea42b2312f58b)\nImporting the module starts an obfuscated PowerShell code, which downloads and executes a remote script. On Windows, the script appears to just start the calculator. On MacOS, the file is identified as a Spark RAT by multiple vendors. Package impersonate the legitimate  \"python-bitget\".\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2024-12-python-bitget-api\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - typosquatting\n\n\n - obfuscation\n\n\n - clones-real-package\n\n\n - dependency-confusion\n\n\n - crypto-related\n\n\n - impersonation\n\n\n - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.\n","modified":"2026-03-19T12:56:03.462031Z","published":"2024-12-12T21:48:47Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"import_time":"2025-02-03T18:38:08.191671435Z","sha256":"12c0558f868db13c2258c4dcff1e3b8b7b7a563e9dc507a0381255dbb48be096","id":"RLMA-2025-00503","source":"reversing-labs","versions":["3.9.5","4.9.5"],"modified_time":"2025-02-03T17:07:43Z"},{"import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:55.489301941Z","sha256":"869a2b96575d696799f9aafd928391f67ea03b8dc055c567994919d943894c8d","id":"pypi/2024-12-python-bitget-api/python-bitget-request","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"source":"kam193","modified_time":"2024-12-12T21:48:47Z"},{"import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:18.514553691Z","sha256":"bf787bcce66ad47046d93086a114a0f144b0f538b3d969fea6aea42b2312f58b","id":"pypi/2024-12-python-bitget-api/python-bitget-request","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"source":"kam193","modified_time":"2024-12-12T21:48:47Z"},{"import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:57.735046422Z","sha256":"0639742fe0ca7fa0b75e7e4e382a95881173dfadb96c916d848954084d7ae1b2","id":"pypi/2024-12-python-bitget-api/python-bitget-request","source":"kam193","versions":["3.9.5","4.9.5"],"modified_time":"2024-12-12T21:48:47Z"},{"import_time":"2026-03-19T12:20:17.530150649Z","sha256":"a105b193fd183af3b819a322b9639df9a28d028ae1e14cf123762718cd844f7b","id":"RLUA-2026-00654","source":"reversing-labs","modified_time":"2026-03-18T12:17:42Z"}],"iocs":{"urls":["https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/scl/fi/bkhek6zqbo0cqgboteegj/1.txt?rlkey=yn18m53jayba4e3m5bdi02czm&st=eh1edmf0&dl=0","https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/scl/fi/6hg0a8fg9m36eahv88rwo/template?rlkey=0vkaw44mh3gak6y82l4ht39zg&st=ygbc7qgh&dl=0"]}},"references":[{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/a3b25b30a607645efefa26180baf183695c97c58b06aa6a67af1332cd3fe582e/"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/python-bitget-request"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"python-bitget-request","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/python-bitget-request"},"versions":["3.9.5","4.9.5"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/python-bitget-request/MAL-2025-962.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"}]}