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 (d151385056670ff22bfb80dc356c10ff622a77e115f8d81ee5f066220e05fda1)
The only goal of the package is to execute a webhook or a suspicious file during installation.
Closely related to 2025-07-0x9xnx - created after previous packages were quarantined, similar names, similar usage, but no clearly malicious parts.
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Category: PROBABLY_PENTEST - Packages looking like typical pentest packages, but also anything that looks like testing, exploring pre-prepared kits, research & co, with clearly low-harm possibilities.
Campaign: 2025-07-malimalo
Reasons (based on the campaign):
- The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.
Source: ossf-package-analysis (a33ca8f3dec153ea010973822a2919bfa0530325bf4b037096177eb3c6ba9aed)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'malicus' @ 0.0.1 (pypi) as malicious.
It is considered malicious because:
- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.