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 (84f17b127af2c89551ea0059e4741da3fb5158405fbeabf042f7d5d89a098b21)
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 (f689816cc67f4e58760477b2dd2215e5ba996fcb32e67560d18cab0a3a747bf1)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'safecheckit' @ 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 →