Which versions of deepface-weight are malicious?

The following PyPI versions of deepface-weight are flagged malicious: 0.1.4. Treat any of these as compromised.

How do I remediate deepface-weight if I installed it?

deepface-weight 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 deepface-weight — how do I know if it already compromised me?

If deepface-weight 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.

Is deepface-weight part of a known attack campaign?

Yes — deepface-weight is associated with the 2026-08-deepface-weights, IN-MAL-2026-018247 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 deepface-weight across my projects, lockfiles, and CI pipelines?

Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for deepface-weight (version 0.1.4).

Malicious package

deepface-weightPyPI

deepface-weight is a confirmed malicious PyPI package (MAL-2026-14158) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 0.1.4). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in deepface-weight (PyPI)

MAL-2026-14158

Immediate action

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

pip uninstall deepface-weight

What this malware does

On import, deepface-weight spawns a daemon background thread that polls the installer's working directory for data/telethon_market_userbot.session for approximately 10 minutes and POSTs the file to a hardcoded webhook.site endpoint (https://webhook.site/d6ea9c5b-4a85-4e59-9397-2bb5f9407c87). Telethon session files contain live authentication material granting full access to the associated Telegram account. The exfiltration destination is bound to a variable literally named evil_server_url with a Russian-language comment identifying it as the attacker's server. The package name mimics the popular deepface ML library but ships no machine-learning code; author metadata is a placeholder (asdqwdasdqwdasd) with a disposable email at playboot.com.

During import, package exfiltrates the sensitive file with the Telegram session token.

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

Campaign: 2026-08-deepface-weights

Reasons (based on the campaign):

files-exfiltration
target:telegram

Malicious versions

1 flagged

0.1.4

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

92f87cc2da145e4ab765c912a3a9cfb36ed6e8d21231fd511aa032edcd4b3e2b

6808b9ae619e6cf9fdb59b52305e25b8e2fdb87167fbd78fae0ca6c1c07a5f1a

Detection & response playbook

Credential / info stealer

Find it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for deepface-weight (version 0.1.4).
If you installed it — respond
deepface-weight 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 deepface-weight 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. deepface-weight on PyPI has been identified as a malicious package (version 0.1.4 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

2026-08-deepface-weightsIN-MAL-2026-018247

References

Credits

Amazon Inspector · finder
Kamil Mańkowski (kam193) · reporter

Detect & block this

O3 blocks deepface-weight-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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