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Malicious package

easydictsPyPI

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

MAL-2024-10640
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
pip uninstall easydicts

What this malware does

A campaign of probably pentest packages flooding PYPI. Installing the package or importing the module triggers reporting basic info like hostname, path and the username to the package author. There is no other purpose of the package.

Category: PROBABLY_PENTEST - Packages looking like typical pentest packages, but also anything that looks like testing, exploring pre-prepared kits, research & co, with clearly low-harm possibilities.

Campaign: 2024-11-byted-dast

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.

  • typosquatting

  • dependency-confusion

The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'easydicts' @ 94.6 (pypi) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

  • The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.

Malicious versions

1 flagged
94.6

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

13961c503a03ff9a92b39099a7991536b324852b1a9ff53e04760fe64885893b
600ab1aa9cd4a7a3f06d29da2bc1392c40a97a7d837d3a53ae0052836cd87b84
9206e6e8b697ab23f82a17cb169a867896f4f8469351b31cbb31f41bee662cee
f1b44dc45fce2aceff2dde936f92321d525b5f98726b5c9c1f65624442dbc7de

Detection & response playbook

Credential / info stealer
  1. Find it

    Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for easydicts (version 94.6). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging easydicts across your stack and pipelines.

  2. If you installed it — respond

    easydicts 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 easydicts 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.

  4. How O3 protects you

    O3 blocks easydicts 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. easydicts on PyPI has been identified as a malicious package (version 94.6 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

2024-11-byted-dast

References

Credits

  • Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)
  • OpenSSF: Package Analysis · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks easydicts-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.

easydicts (PyPI) malicious package — MAL-2024-10640 | O3 Security