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Malicious package

bussardweg4av2PyPI

Advisory published Updated

bussardweg4av2 is a confirmed malicious PyPI package (MAL-2024-9955) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 1.0.0). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in bussardweg4av2 (PyPI)

MAL-2024-9955
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
pip uninstall bussardweg4av2

What this malware does

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

Campaign: funcaptcha-ru

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • infostealer

Malicious versions

1 flagged
1.0.0

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

4aad1bf96700a53ff9179ed3ded47e11ed9d14e1d4f9e2926fdde2607985e64a
6a9c1ba8fd4b6314a36845fe8adbc5705d88850a64c3525b55c10f7d8dd88dff
5dc2b9d9e5d1ece75c0261406e9630389fdc48845f2aa80aa2bc9ad61897531c
ed27429743dd65bc799b2c92b07dfc477a1f0013386438149a59c37317716c91

Detection & response playbook

Credential / info stealer
  1. Find it

    Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for bussardweg4av2 (version 1.0.0).

  2. If you installed it — respond

    bussardweg4av2 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 bussardweg4av2 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. bussardweg4av2 on PyPI has been identified as a malicious package (version 1.0.0 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

RLMA-2024-07907funcaptcha-ru

References

Credits

  • Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)
  • ReversingLabs · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks bussardweg4av2-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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