Which versions of asciidrawing are malicious?

The following PyPI versions of asciidrawing are flagged malicious: 0.1.1, 0.1.2. Treat any of these as compromised.

How do I remediate asciidrawing if I installed it?

asciidrawing 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.

I already installed asciidrawing — how do I know if it already compromised me?

If asciidrawing was installed, its post-install payload may already have run. Removing the package does not undo that — check outbound connections and credential use from the install window onward.

Is asciidrawing part of a known attack campaign?

Yes — asciidrawing is associated with the RLMA-2024-07834, 2024-09-sampleuser123-asciidrawing campaign. Packages in the same campaign often share infrastructure and payloads, so check whether any related packages are also in your dependency tree.

How do I find asciidrawing across my projects, lockfiles, and CI pipelines?

Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for asciidrawing (2 malicious versions).

Malicious package

asciidrawingPyPI

Advisory published Sep 20, 2024Updated Dec 12, 2025

asciidrawing is a confirmed malicious PyPI package (MAL-2024-9944) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious versions 0.1.1, 0.1.2). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in asciidrawing (PyPI)

MAL-2024-9944

Immediate action

Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.

pip uninstall asciidrawing

What this malware does

During installation, a Discord webhook is used to exfiltrate basic data. The package seems to attempt impersonating the "asciidraw" package (some files and description in setup.py are copied).

The other package, pdf2doc, as well as time correlation suggests the uploader is related to the 2024-09-bondonioanderas-cryptominer campaign as well.

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

Campaign: 2024-09-sampleuser123-asciidrawing

Reasons (based on the campaign):

The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.
impersonation
The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.
clones-real-package
dependency-confusion

The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'asciidrawing' @ 0.1.2 (pypi) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.

Malicious versions

2 flagged

0.1.10.1.2

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

24cf3acf1b2bea67c15883ad235855bc9cb0687b5e61819c83ac73c5e0a6f3ac

2dd9ac0d2ef9e9bb84011c475ec24faabed0759dfceb9385fc5904e42f045029

d2a9162ee0759b5f5b7e19384bd2b1f13aa36214797e4a099d6960ea0da4f7a7

633d53a1b6bcde673f71f2788cc6c268f7eef20552eb7a0dc3f533f6a9a7ad12

4a33f450171fccce762c65b1ed1296012b4dbdf92c1507c5ad07957c43ca7d50

Detection & response playbook

Credential / info stealer

Find it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for asciidrawing (2 malicious versions).
If you installed it — respond
asciidrawing 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.
Did it already run?
If asciidrawing was installed, its post-install payload may already have run. Removing the package does not undo that — check outbound connections and credential use from the install window onward.

Frequently asked questions

No. asciidrawing on PyPI has been identified as a malicious package (versions 0.1.1, 0.1.2 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

RLMA-2024-078342024-09-sampleuser123-asciidrawing

References

bad-packages.kam193.eu

Credits

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

Detect & block this

O3 blocks asciidrawing-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.

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