MAL-2025-1983

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/mlc-llm-nightly-cu123/MAL-2025-1983.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2025-1983
Published
2025-01-21T18:27:56Z
Modified
2025-12-12T20:45:18.170043Z
Summary
Malicious code in mlc-llm-nightly-cu123 (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (99d49619be0a9e2bcedb22bd4ea489b5cb31a56558e763a78fd09a6f948f2d9e)

Installing the package exfiltrates information about the host, including environmental variables.

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

Campaign: 2025-01-mlc-ai-nightly

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.

  • The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.

  • exfiltration-env-variables

  • dependency-confusion

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "source": "reversing-labs",
            "id": "RLMA-2025-01224",
            "modified_time": "2025-03-03T13:45:02Z",
            "sha256": "c09da026c5998414ae1ced8ce734499d1dc89c5ff9e021755c9a9b85e9c989b3",
            "versions": [
                "9.9.9"
            ],
            "import_time": "2025-03-03T15:07:16.086984362Z"
        },
        {
            "source": "kam193",
            "id": "pypi/2025-01-mlc-ai-nightly/mlc-llm-nightly-cu123",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
                }
            ],
            "modified_time": "2025-01-21T18:27:56Z",
            "sha256": "c0fda091f5a44ec89e930d372a725909e28f2963a619d92f79951fd45b24c0ed",
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.342289687Z"
        },
        {
            "source": "kam193",
            "id": "pypi/2025-01-mlc-ai-nightly/mlc-llm-nightly-cu123",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
                }
            ],
            "modified_time": "2025-01-21T18:27:56Z",
            "sha256": "99d49619be0a9e2bcedb22bd4ea489b5cb31a56558e763a78fd09a6f948f2d9e",
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:18.371937497Z"
        },
        {
            "source": "kam193",
            "id": "pypi/2025-01-mlc-ai-nightly/mlc-llm-nightly-cu123",
            "modified_time": "2025-01-21T18:27:56Z",
            "sha256": "9105764dce3e0d70ff74829ac22ac99f7e3dbf80f13e2b88200d19a63d5f5568",
            "versions": [
                "9.9.9"
            ],
            "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.597836227Z"
        }
    ],
    "iocs": {
        "domains": [
            "depcon.buzz"
        ]
    }
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / mlc-llm-nightly-cu123

Package

Name
mlc-llm-nightly-cu123
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Purl
pkg:pypi/mlc-llm-nightly-cu123

Affected ranges

Affected versions

9.*

9.9.9

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/mlc-llm-nightly-cu123/MAL-2025-1983.json"