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Malicious package

bananaholderPyPI

Malicious code in bananaholder (PyPI) Remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

MAL-2024-12213
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
pip uninstall bananaholder

What this malware does

A dependency is declared as installable from a webhook service, demonstrating a possibility to inject malicious dependency.

Category: PROBABLY_PENTEST - Packages looking like typical pentest packages, but also anything that looks like testing, exploring pre-prepared kits, research & co, with clearly low-harm possibilities.

Campaign: 2024-08-install-from-webhook

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • The malicious code is intentionally included in a dependency of the package

Malicious versions

1 flagged
0.0.110

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

15ac0475854dce25a3f13309a2c6aed420cba9e2e2b1f600e325801236d4a20d
75eb68c36b36e5abf8c54609a124590a23d388ef04d2825da3bd83f8e90c7f46
0ecb4648bc0f306ce53ca0f7a7068af4b8095e564f949dc1f66cf856d9867869

Detection & response playbook

Malicious package
  1. Find it

    Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for bananaholder (version 0.0.110). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging bananaholder across your stack and pipelines.

  2. If you installed it — respond

    Remove bananaholder from your project and lockfile, then assume any secrets accessible to the build or runtime were exposed: rotate API keys, tokens, and credentials, and audit for unexpected outbound activity or persistence.

  3. Did it already run?

    If bananaholder 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 bananaholder 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. bananaholder on PyPI has been identified as a malicious package (version 0.0.110 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

2024-08-install-from-webhook

References

Credits

  • Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)

Detect & block this

O3 blocks bananaholder-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the malicious outbound activity and severs the channel.

bananaholder (PyPI) malicious package — MAL-2024-12213 | O3 Security