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Malicious MAL-2024-10241

youreallydontwantthispackage2131

PyPI package · versions 1.0.1, 1

Reported Oct 22, 2024 · Updated Dec 31, 2025

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 (8bca93b1825c930118e85cc054305e6aef120080f8cc68233467eb6ee7b3ff1d)
Installing the package attempts to exfiltrate GCP tokens. As it uses a random names and/or targets specific accounts, it's most probably a (pen)test.

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Category: PROBABLY_PENTEST - Packages looking like typical pentest packages, but also anything that looks like testing, exploring pre-prepared kits, research & co, with clearly low-harm possibilities.

Campaign: 2024-10-gal32fjdsbf89hnd-gcp-token

Reasons (based on the campaign):

- exfiltration-cloud-tokens

Source: ossf-package-analysis (287818178d5bd4e83a85547242db772b2e39cbcc17038f0a01da63f787d510b9)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'youreallydontwantthispackage2131' @ 1.0.1 (pypi) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.

- The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.