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Malicious MAL-2025-191845

python3-shodan

PyPI package · versions 0.0.1

Reported May 10, 2025 · 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 (b4fca245262ff8de532efc88e1941697e6994786e09eca8a9cbcdbf9faff5cca)
Packages that seem to be created by a legit bug bounty hunter. Designed to look like created by different organisations, they contain a couple of data exfiltration (including all env variables) and potential remote code execution (though the URL seems not to serve any code).

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

Campaign: 2025-05-sl4x01

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.

- exfiltration-env-variables

- impersonation

Indicators of compromise

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