MAL-2025-1007

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/websynapse/MAL-2025-1007.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2025-1007
Published
2024-12-14T16:26:57Z
Modified
2025-12-12T20:48:21.220023Z
Summary
Malicious code in websynapse (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (7323a05444284204de7701ff8b7a738bc155cb22356cf93fc1399dedad5afa46)

The package contains highly obfuscated content, that install another, downloaded from a remote location obfuscated script in the installation path of the 'requests' package, and marks it as a hidden system file. In addition, another file contains a code that imitates doing some meaningful activity.

Later attempts hide the malicious code in a separated package, downloaded from Test PyPI.

Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.

Campaign: 2024-12-httpfluent

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • obfuscation

  • modify-system-without-consent

  • Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.

Database specific 
{
    "iocs": {
        "urls": [
            "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Red-haired-shanks-1337/repuests/refs/heads/main/puts.py",
            "https://test.pypi.org/simple/httpfluent/",
            "https://github.com/Red-haired-shanks-1337/Rwoka/raw/main/v0.1.0/httpfluent-0.1.tar.gz"
        ]
    },
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "versions": [
                "0.1"
            ],
            "sha256": "ee2936003f3c2b566185ee1da7d9c1e796e74e535697e316c78f9ff5dbc19419",
            "import_time": "2025-02-03T18:38:10.502765529Z",
            "id": "RLMA-2025-00548",
            "source": "reversing-labs",
            "modified_time": "2025-02-03T17:08:05Z"
        },
        {
            "id": "pypi/2024-12-httpfluent/websynapse",
            "sha256": "688101a5863f3e70cdc1a3dd9bb5c185aac5830d464c96708692751754ff1f52",
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.764068102Z",
            "modified_time": "2024-12-14T16:26:57Z",
            "source": "kam193",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "pypi/2024-12-httpfluent/websynapse",
            "sha256": "7323a05444284204de7701ff8b7a738bc155cb22356cf93fc1399dedad5afa46",
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:18.806277089Z",
            "modified_time": "2024-12-14T16:26:57Z",
            "source": "kam193",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "versions": [
                "0.1"
            ],
            "sha256": "0b12e14b6501d74057ec4174ec2a32f6d9fd8f192385ed93327aebd6390a099c",
            "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.971771755Z",
            "id": "pypi/2024-12-httpfluent/websynapse",
            "source": "kam193",
            "modified_time": "2024-12-14T16:26:57Z"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / websynapse

Package

Name
websynapse
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Purl
pkg:pypi/websynapse

Affected ranges

Affected versions

0.*

0.1