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Malicious package

bq-sdist-probe-vrpPyPI

Advisory published Updated

bq-sdist-probe-vrp is a confirmed malicious PyPI package (MAL-2026-16099) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 0.0.1). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in bq-sdist-probe-vrp (PyPI)

MAL-2026-16099
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
pip uninstall bq-sdist-probe-vrp

What this malware does

setup.py executes at pip install time and performs installer-side credential and host reconnaissance. It queries the GCE/GCP metadata service at http://metadata.google.internal/computeMetadata/v1/instance/service-accounts/default/token with the Metadata-Flavor: Google header to obtain the default service account's OAuth access token, service account email, and project id. It also filters os.environ for keys containing token, secret, key, pass, auth, google, project, docker, kube, or metadata substrings, and collects hostname, uid/gid/pid, the output of the id command, os.uname(), /proc/version, os.listdir('/'), and checks for /var/run/docker.sock. It performs an outbound TCP connect to 8.8.8.8:53 to test network reachability. The collected data is persisted to a JSON file inside the installed package directory. Naming (bq-sdist-probe-vrp) and behavior are consistent with a probe that harvests installer-owned cloud credentials in CI/build environments.

Malicious versions

1 flagged
0.0.1

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

f61d3e118672e10f0dc02115acd8235c3b356d75e7cb59a69e26fec28070c814

Detection & response playbook

Credential / info stealer

  1. Find it

    Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for bq-sdist-probe-vrp (version 0.0.1).

  2. If you installed it — respond

    bq-sdist-probe-vrp 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 bq-sdist-probe-vrp 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. bq-sdist-probe-vrp on PyPI has been identified as a malicious package (version 0.0.1 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

IN-MAL-2026-019894

References

Credits

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Detect & block this

O3 blocks bq-sdist-probe-vrp-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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