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pypi · Malicious package advisory

Malware

do-not-install-this-package-001

MAL-2025-192387

Malicious code in do-not-install-this-package-001 (PyPI)

Details


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## Source: kam193 (27c17335ba5378258efc5d22274e8104e45a493eec51d60d0adbeb9c4f627714)
Generic campaign for all (likely) research / pentests, where the amount or art of collected data raises questions about the privacy, security and ethical side.


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Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.


Campaign: GENERIC-questionable-pentest


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - exfiltration-env-variables


 - exfiltration-generic


 - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.


 - typosquatting

## Source: ossf-package-analysis (399ba544f533d013d73525a2e22fbc83c2f4f00ce44c27c15cff9ca8ccaf11de)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'do-not-install-this-package-001' @ 0.1.3 (pypi) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.

- The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.

Compromised versions (4)

  • 0.1.3
  • 0.1.4
  • 0.1.5
  • 0.1.6

Any computer that installed or ran a compromised version should be considered fully compromised. Rotate every secret on that machine from a clean environment.