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 (ec1d3e0940a3c37917b528689547d3728f9f3d0b9e408acc7dcc67435c09d2b0)
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 (3d92abafc09cf0f7dc822d1020b48ae9cef15a8844d75ec034e30a49af7de3f4)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'malinssx' @ 0.0.1 (pypi) as malicious.
It is considered malicious because:
- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.