Which versions of colorfulpacket are malicious?

The following PyPI versions of colorfulpacket are flagged malicious: 0.0.1. Treat any of these as compromised.

How do I remediate colorfulpacket if I installed it?

colorfulpacket 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 colorfulpacket — how do I know if it already compromised me?

If colorfulpacket 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.

Is colorfulpacket part of a known attack campaign?

Yes — colorfulpacket is associated with the 2025-12-colorfulpacket 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 colorfulpacket across my projects, lockfiles, and CI pipelines?

Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for colorfulpacket (version 0.0.1). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging colorfulpacket across your stack and pipelines.

Malicious package

colorfulpacketPyPI

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

MAL-2025-192684

Immediate action

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

pip uninstall colorfulpacket

What this malware does

Importing the module downloads and executes malware

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

Campaign: 2025-12-colorfulpacket

Reasons (based on the campaign):

malware
Downloads and executes a remote executable.

Malicious versions

1 flagged

0.0.1

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

46d838ba056cc96b43fd6a859a9d351ffda2aee0cdcd2b47ea13f3f38b31d038

Detection & response playbook

Credential / info stealer

Find it
Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for colorfulpacket (version 0.0.1). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging colorfulpacket across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
colorfulpacket 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 colorfulpacket 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.
How O3 protects you
O3 blocks colorfulpacket 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. colorfulpacket 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

2025-12-colorfulpacket

References

Credits

Kamil Mańkowski (kam193) · reporter

Detect & block this

O3 blocks colorfulpacket-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