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Malicious MAL-2024-12189

advdef01

PyPI package · versions 1.0.0

Reported Aug 5, 2024 · Updated Dec 12, 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 (44ffce32113cbe3c908fd584f4b02617cafcfecccc3cea1c4fc068021c4bfa7d)
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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