mal-2025-191872
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2025-09-26 16:20
Modified
2025-12-31 02:45
Summary
Malicious code in soopsocks (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (adcaa2cfcfa52c7c1ed664a9389ba0bd0ddd2716ea4c475b22bcd2f62bc1ab95)

The package promise creating a SOCKS proxy and report the server to a Discord webhook. And indeed appears to do so, but the attached autorun service seems to be a malware

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

Campaign: 2025-09-soopsocks

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • malware
Credits
Kamil Mańkowski (kam193) github.com/kam193 bad-packages.kam193.eu/
Kamil Mańkowski (kam193) github.com/kam193 bad-packages.kam193.eu/
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "soopsocks"
      },
      "versions": [
        "0.2.7",
        "0.2.6",
        "0.2.5",
        "0.2.4",
        "0.2.3",
        "0.2.2",
        "0.2.1",
        "0.2.0",
        "0.1.3",
        "0.1.2",
        "0.1.1",
        "0.1.0"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "credits": [
    {
      "contact": [
        "https://github.com/kam193",
        "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"
      ],
      "name": "Kamil Ma\u0144kowski (kam193)"
    },
    {
      "contact": [
        "https://github.com/kam193",
        "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"
      ],
      "name": "Kamil Ma\u0144kowski (kam193)",
      "type": "REPORTER"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "iocs": {
      "domains": [
        "soop.space"
      ],
      "urls": [
        "https://discord.com/api/webhooks/1418298773330985154/_I7EzXpGMundYt8jCvlDdzi9INsBkBq7NSDM74iV0Y_flSzQZ5LxYP0lZtXFzHCkRtKR",
        "http://install.soop.space:6969/download/py/pythonportable.zip",
        "http://install.soop.space"
      ]
    },
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
      {
        "id": "pypi/2025-09-soopsocks/soopsocks",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.601059851Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-09-26T16:26:52.468777Z",
        "sha256": "6b1d078aff71031e0681d4377e92d0e9d398f3f18d1fc92ab6f97f94a93697d5",
        "source": "kam193",
        "versions": [
          "0.2.7",
          "0.2.6",
          "0.2.5",
          "0.2.4",
          "0.2.3",
          "0.2.2",
          "0.2.1",
          "0.2.0",
          "0.1.3",
          "0.1.2",
          "0.1.1",
          "0.1.0",
          "0.2.7"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2025-09-soopsocks/soopsocks",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:18.640582329Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-09-26T16:26:52.468777Z",
        "sha256": "adcaa2cfcfa52c7c1ed664a9389ba0bd0ddd2716ea4c475b22bcd2f62bc1ab95",
        "source": "kam193",
        "versions": [
          "0.2.7",
          "0.2.6",
          "0.2.5",
          "0.2.4",
          "0.2.3",
          "0.2.2",
          "0.2.1",
          "0.2.0",
          "0.1.3",
          "0.1.2",
          "0.1.1",
          "0.1.0",
          "0.2.7"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2025-09-soopsocks/soopsocks",
        "import_time": "2025-12-30T22:39:04.180662186Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-09-26T16:26:52.468777Z",
        "sha256": "ca432b15dd310c0563790ddbffb84582f20b388625f6860669a89d0522f0b4f1",
        "source": "kam193",
        "versions": [
          "0.1.0",
          "0.1.1",
          "0.1.2",
          "0.1.3",
          "0.2.0",
          "0.2.1",
          "0.2.2",
          "0.2.3",
          "0.2.4",
          "0.2.5",
          "0.2.6",
          "0.2.7",
          "0.2.7"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (adcaa2cfcfa52c7c1ed664a9389ba0bd0ddd2716ea4c475b22bcd2f62bc1ab95)\nThe package promise creating a SOCKS proxy and report the server to a Discord webhook. And indeed appears to do so, but the attached autorun service seems to be a malware\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2025-09-soopsocks\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - malware\n",
  "id": "MAL-2025-191872",
  "modified": "2025-12-31T02:45:16Z",
  "published": "2025-09-26T16:20:15Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "EVIDENCE",
      "url": "https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/d1cb05c0e57ceb142a5e1117df4359a62df3a01f708561f4714e10e8f2af1f0d/detection"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://research.jfrog.com/post/check-your-socks-a-deep-dive-into-soopsocks-pypi/"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/soopsocks"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.4",
  "summary": "Malicious code in soopsocks (PyPI)"
}


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