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 (3e553fe0eea72dc43eab2696330acd6fbb3e4de8c95529eab6298411620c0c9f)
Package installs malware identified as a backdoor or reverse shell.
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Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2026-05-workingitmehelpit
Reasons (based on the campaign):
- The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.
- malware
- backdoor
Source: ossf-package-analysis (38ea8dff9ef464eabbfbc1eacd769a90c65a53097308c1b76c2529b037e2041b)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'workingitmehelpit' @ 1.0.0 (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
- hxxps://aksjdgajklhd[.]bj[.]bcebos[.]com/openclaw other packages →