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Malicious package

bh-usa-automate-req-asePyPI

Advisory published Updated

bh-usa-automate-req-ase is a confirmed malicious PyPI package (MAL-2025-191691) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 0.0.3). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in bh-usa-automate-req-ase (PyPI)

MAL-2025-191691
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
pip uninstall bh-usa-automate-req-ase

What this malware does

If run, the package exfiltrates AWS credentials. Though it's described as test, the exfiltration really happens

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

Campaign: 2025-07-jsonreq-ase

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • exfiltration-credentials

Malicious versions

1 flagged
0.0.3

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

0ee7247ffe689db99c4bfa5daa5899d0ab0e26933bd420ac931ceeb2aa89fb55
b0340aadb507418f2d21cfa7d568f133db23a6392a2ec64411540ec4ce5456d7
9a9ef628b94b71dcd1c877691a313336f56ca2e47db0eef76748d0639f3c1ef2

Detection & response playbook

Credential / info stealer

  1. Find it

    Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for bh-usa-automate-req-ase (version 0.0.3).

  2. If you installed it — respond

    bh-usa-automate-req-ase 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 bh-usa-automate-req-ase 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. bh-usa-automate-req-ase on PyPI has been identified as a malicious package (version 0.0.3 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

2025-07-jsonreq-ase

References

Credits

  • Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)

Detect & block this

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

Malware detection Runtime egress monitoring

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