Which versions of dreamgen are malicious?

The following PyPI versions of dreamgen are flagged malicious: 1.8.1. Treat any of these as compromised.

How do I remediate dreamgen if I installed it?

Remove dreamgen from your project and lockfile, then assume any secrets accessible to the build or runtime were exposed: rotate API keys, tokens, and credentials, and audit for unexpected outbound network activity or persistence. Use O3 Security's dependency scanner to confirm the package and its artifacts are fully purged across your stack.

Is dreamgen part of a known attack campaign?

Yes — dreamgen is associated with the 2026-06-compr-woodpecker campaign. Packages in the same campaign often share infrastructure and payloads, so check whether any related packages are also in your dependency tree.

Can O3 Security detect dreamgen in my codebase?

Yes. O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, blocking dreamgen and packages like it before any post-install script runs.

Malicious package

dreamgenPyPI

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

MAL-2026-5313

Immediate action

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

pip uninstall dreamgen

What this malware does

Versions 1.8.1 were compromised.

Compromised packages start an obfuscated infostealer. The infostealer is a heavily obfuscated JavaScript code executed using Bun runtime on Python startup. It collectes all kinds of sensitive data, including API keys, credentials to package repositories, cryptocurrency assets, password manager data. Infostealer actively queries online services to collect additional secrets as well as attempts to gain persistence and spread further by publishing infected packages using collected credentials. Data are exfiltrated likely using Github. The code seems to threaten to wipe the user's data if it detects invalid GitHub tokens. Cleanup should be done with caution.

It seems to be related to the recent Mini Shai Hulud campaign.

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

Campaign: 2026-06-compr-woodpecker

Reasons (based on the campaign):

compromised-package
exfiltration-env-variables
exfiltration-cloud-tokens
exfiltration-credentials
abuses-pth
obfuscation
infostealer
The package contains code to detect if it is running in a sandbox environment.
exfiltration-crypto
files-exfiltration
destructive-actions

Malicious versions

1 flagged

1.8.1

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

d13836e2a6e18233bd22274b546345ad8ae8959fa00ad1c3d473568feed3f6d3

ed293ae96ce0e9c65619797ca89ab8912f54bb7a49e79ae2cf0abebec2895a2b

811529bfe1e05c35cbaed9bc3e34778bcacd0bd696c04108e93ec7eb0276253f

Frequently asked questions

No. dreamgen on PyPI has been identified as a malicious package (version 1.8.1 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

2026-06-compr-woodpecker

References

Credits

Kamil Mańkowski (kam193) · analyst

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