importlib-metadate

{"modified":"2025-12-11T09:27:53Z","published":"2024-06-17T12:41:40Z","schema_version":"1.7.4","id":"MAL-2024-1624","summary":"Malicious code in importlib-metadate (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (b6db8994d6a78a5d0d95df2d0add2257ee6188f8c5419cbd7e2813426739d15d)\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: baidu-readver\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## Source: ossf-package-analysis (540e9c9d054904f5342d684bd5cabf212fdbe7e4d20bac7407c937a6b8264cab)\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'importlib-metadate' @ 99.99 (pypi) as malicious.\n\nIt is considered malicious because:\n\n- The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.\n","affected":[{"package":{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"importlib-metadate"},"versions":["99.9","99.99"]}],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/importlib-metadate"}],"credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"]},{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","type":"ANALYST","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"]},{"name":"OpenSSF: Package Analysis","type":"FINDER","contact":["https://github.com/ossf/package-analysis","https://openssf.slack.com/channels/package_analysis"]}],"database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"source":"ossf-package-analysis","sha256":"53bd3e80b1638e34adc48ddfa9c544d1abe457f834b99802aec80f9de97a1609","import_time":"2024-06-18T01:30:46.804002774Z","modified_time":"2024-06-17T12:41:40Z","versions":["99.9"]},{"source":"ossf-package-analysis","sha256":"540e9c9d054904f5342d684bd5cabf212fdbe7e4d20bac7407c937a6b8264cab","import_time":"2024-06-18T01:30:46.906571571Z","modified_time":"2024-06-17T13:08:24Z","versions":["99.99"]},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"c3a970a330e8642d80689a8e79c8ca4a5df45f4c7c570b09a432d75914f22baf","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:55.271158177Z","id":"pypi/baidu-readver/importlib-metadate","modified_time":"2024-06-28T20:25:32Z","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"b6db8994d6a78a5d0d95df2d0add2257ee6188f8c5419cbd7e2813426739d15d","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:18.295440484Z","id":"pypi/baidu-readver/importlib-metadate","modified_time":"2024-06-28T20:25:32Z","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"fa2b68b5159c5a57f42a3cc0b11555eccc9a75c75d1920f9511e5d35964500ad","import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:57.542747603Z","id":"pypi/baidu-readver/importlib-metadate","modified_time":"2024-06-28T20:25:32Z","versions":["99.9","99.99"]}]}}