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Malicious MAL-2024-12230

catme

PyPI package · versions 1.0

Reported Nov 29, 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 (7b5df44af9cbed7b8a7112f36f9c99b466e9143b36d62fd43e4caf480df811d0)
Importing the module starts executing a remote script, as well as leaves a persitance in the .bashrc

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

Campaign: 2023-12-09-papiculo

Reasons (based on the campaign):

- Downloads and executes a remote executable.

Indicators of compromise

Shown defanged and not clickable. Search any indicator to find other packages using it.

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