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 (c982c88e841ae349f894f45b27e07f7154a252963ec05ff8e9536f46102e6ecf)
During installation the package downloads and installs two executables identified as backdoors trojans.
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Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2026-03-thisismytest123
Reasons (based on the campaign):
- Downloads and executes a remote executable.
- backdoor
- malware
Source: ossf-package-analysis (388915d99ad3e370a59631112b6a0b784801e257e13f0f9855a2a340c4f068f0)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'iwantsafecheckit' @ 2.0.0 (pypi) as malicious.
It is considered malicious because:
- The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.
Indicators of compromise
Shown defanged and not clickable. Search any indicator to find other packages using it.
URLs
- hxxp://8[.]217[.]174[.]149:8888/supershell/compile/download/java other packages →
- hxxps://shim[.]oss-cn-hongkong[.]aliyuncs[.]com/shim other packages →
- hxxps://shim[.]oss-cn-hongkong[.]aliyuncs[.]com/shim[.]conf other packages →