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Malicious MAL-2025-191709

cti-ctf-challenges

PyPI package · versions 0.1.2, 0.1.1, 0.1.0

Reported Sep 9, 2025 · 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 (1cefe6c8a9ac6ede7c6ba497cf17011bf431812980749bb0068995ebba4039d9)
If the method from the module is called, it attempts to download a malicious code (identified as msf payload) and save it locally. In the analysed version, the code starting the malicious code was commented out.

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

Campaign: 2025-07-web3dummycti

Reasons (based on the campaign):

- The package contains code to create a reverse shell, allowing an attacker to execute any commands on the victim's machine.

- action-hidden-in-lib-usage

- Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.

Indicators of compromise

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