faest

{"modified":"2025-12-11T09:27:53Z","published":"2024-09-25T16:44:30Z","schema_version":"1.7.4","id":"MAL-2024-12269","summary":"Malicious code in faest (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (f66b290465d72fc55bce4fef4200ebea68c430be84cdcbbabec5263958041781)\nWhen using this library to do any request, a \"validate_origin\" function is called (L1320 in _client.py). This method, located in _utils.py, collects all request data, tries also read /etc/shadow using Docker container, and sends them to an endpoint controlled by the package author.\n\nThe package seems to be a clone of httpx and also informs in the README that it's a malicious library, as so, it seems to be a malicious research attempts.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2024-09-old-faest\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - exfiltration-generic\n\n\n - action-hidden-in-lib-usage\n\n\n - clones-real-package\n","affected":[{"package":{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"faest"},"versions":["0.14.6"]}],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/faest"}],"credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"]},{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","type":"REPORTER","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"]}],"database_specific":{"iocs":{"domains":["donkeyback.glitch.me"],"urls":["https://donkeyback.glitch.me/metrics/collect","https://git.sr.ht/~wsmith/faest"]},"malicious-packages-origins":[{"source":"kam193","sha256":"f14be620ed15757151031493799128ccd109c45077a8f9864ab8a9b2c0a8a0c1","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:55.181324923Z","id":"pypi/2024-09-old-faest/faest","modified_time":"2024-09-25T16:44:30Z","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"f66b290465d72fc55bce4fef4200ebea68c430be84cdcbbabec5263958041781","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:18.189436981Z","id":"pypi/2024-09-old-faest/faest","modified_time":"2024-09-25T16:44:30Z","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"4b9b50f96aa5c969ee30095a332d27eb0bc4ac15eaaab90e910a9c9c7f7f7e28","import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:57.473453578Z","id":"pypi/2024-09-old-faest/faest","modified_time":"2024-09-25T16:44:30Z","versions":["0.14.6"]}]}}