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 (dea697dc03b11e99e6895070c9fa053b8db92510a03201f9545dcb25bd373199)
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 (c8969b947b2c4354b8462ee50241fa2060148bf6f9808f78a5497352a4862830)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'maliinn' @ 0.0.1 (pypi) as malicious.
It is considered malicious because:
- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.