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Malicious MAL-2025-3460

python-socket-test

PyPI package · versions 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.1.1, 2.0.0, 2.0.1

Reported Mar 18, 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 (93a8d30e631680bace9b05db1ac189cbcc472895fcfb1db40f4df52f301a6599)
Importing the package starts a script that takes commands from remote server and executes locally

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

Campaign: 2025-03-python-socket-test

Reasons (based on the campaign):

- The package contains code to execute remote commands (probably limited to a specific set) on the victim's machine.