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artifact-lab-3-package-f0727516PyPI

Malicious code in artifact-lab-3-package-f0727516 (PyPI) Remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

MAL-2024-8016
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
pip uninstall artifact-lab-3-package-f0727516

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-f0727516' @ 0.1.0 (pypi) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

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

Malicious versions

2 flagged
0.1.00.1.1

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

bd94b5883ce5258e0025cb6a9984dad056352272a60019b3ca1aeee5e613f8aa
946be8a22c399d824a7af75b3bcb46223a15bb54d5bca8b6b5fb06be0e3d8744
4eda9e6e52c2a5a96b0b7053fcd9c738d037bc9a0c86b1a2bd7c74336691b958
f33da42b77fa3da5f6e418f7854db7d3ece78e6ea7c07f6e08b1b4832e5a7f29

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-f0727516 (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-f0727516 across your stack and pipelines.

  2. If you installed it — respond

    artifact-lab-3-package-f0727516 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-f0727516 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-f0727516 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-f0727516 on PyPI has been identified as a malicious package (versions 0.1.0, 0.1.1 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-f0727516-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-f0727516 (PyPI) malicious package — MAL-2024-8016 | O3 Security