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Malicious MAL-2024-10044

mecit3

PyPI package · versions 1.0.0

Reported Aug 5, 2024 · Updated Mar 19, 2026

If this package is installed

Remove it, treat the machine (or CI runner) as compromised, and rotate every secret, token and key it could access — from a different, clean machine.

Details

Source: kam193 (3b0998e3b9d6f9e46cd475fa5a18c38a48f7e3e72d02350d7431375fad7dd871)
Package uses the template from https://github.com/thegoodhackertv/malpip to explore building malicious PyPI packages.

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

Campaign: SCRIPT_KIDDIE-thegoodhacker-paquete

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.

- Package uses simple pre-prepared tools to create a low-quality malicious action.

Indicators of compromise

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