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Malicious MAL-2025-1978

javascan

PyPI package · versions 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5

Reported Jan 10, 2025 · Updated Mar 19, 2026

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 (3b87a6ab9caea125ba4a71189d6a1740668e44d637f7e7c2d4f85daaf4f54ed0)
During installation, a code is downloaded and executed. This remote script then attempts to exfiltrate environmental variables, SSH keys, Slack secrets etc.

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

Campaign: 2025-01-javascan

Reasons (based on the campaign):

- Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.

- files-exfiltration

- exfiltration-ssh-keys

- dependency-confusion

- exfiltration-env-variables

Indicators of compromise

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

Domains

URLs

  • hxxps://slack-dw-javabackend-109783[.]s3[.]us-west-1[.]amazonaws[.]com/packages/package[.]json other packages →