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artifact-lab-3-package-76a351f5PyPI

Malicious code in artifact-lab-3-package-76a351f5 (PyPI) Remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

MAL-2024-8048
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
pip uninstall artifact-lab-3-package-76a351f5

What this malware does

Packages showing simple variants of revshell with targets to ngrok. Most probably experiments. Later versions moved to use Burp Collaborator to exfiltrate simple data. Pentest? An artifact from some red team curse?

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

Campaign: 2024-08-lab-artifacts-revshell

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • The package contains code to create a reverse shell, allowing an attacker to execute any commands on the victim's machine.

  • The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.

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

The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'artifact-lab-3-package-76a351f5' @ 0.2.0 (pypi) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

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

Malicious versions

2 flagged
0.2.00.4.0

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

50491db3bc2fec0a9994d5ababe016a6344ceab5d5005b49dcaf8f73c704ac9a
e4e0969cb6d9b89cc8b432e99f4d7f99fbf0e23efae6ca8ca72ec1d82daf3892
44872f47f4f8fb3713260826d39c8ff156ee9552118c093f02eda175a0e5dd56
ffd940df08afab8ca93f472de627c4cc633b5de2d3331b58a84602a882390ac1
55007ff016365164c608823b54b404c175ea904fe83e6845c9c34175f723b49b

Detection & response playbook

Credential / info stealer
  1. Find it

    Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for artifact-lab-3-package-76a351f5 (2 malicious versions). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging artifact-lab-3-package-76a351f5 across your stack and pipelines.

  2. If you installed it — respond

    artifact-lab-3-package-76a351f5 is built to steal secrets, so assume every credential the build or runtime could read is compromised. Remove it from your project and lockfile, then rotate ALL exposed secrets — npm/registry tokens, cloud keys, CI/CD secrets, SSH keys, and any .env values — from a known-clean machine. Audit logs for unauthorized use of those credentials.

  3. Did it already run?

    If artifact-lab-3-package-76a351f5 was ever installed, its post-install/runtime payload may have already executed. O3's L7 egress monitoring and runtime eBPF sensors detect the credential exfiltration or command-and-control callback after install and block the malicious outbound channel, so you catch and contain the actual compromise — not just the presence of the package.

  4. How O3 protects you

    O3 blocks artifact-lab-3-package-76a351f5 before install through its supply-chain scanner, and if it has already run, detects and severs the exfiltration or C2 callback at runtime through L7 egress monitoring and eBPF.

Frequently asked questions

No. artifact-lab-3-package-76a351f5 on PyPI has been identified as a malicious package (versions 0.2.0, 0.4.0 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

2024-08-lab-artifacts-revshell

References

Credits

  • Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)
  • OpenSSF: Package Analysis · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks artifact-lab-3-package-76a351f5-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.

artifact-lab-3-package-76a351f5 (PyPI) malicious package — MAL-2024-8048 | O3 Security