Which versions of evil-select-pkg are malicious?

The following PyPI versions of evil-select-pkg are flagged malicious: 0.0.1, 0.0.2. Treat any of these as compromised.

How do I remediate evil-select-pkg if I installed it?

Remove evil-select-pkg 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 activity or persistence.

I already installed evil-select-pkg — how do I know if it already compromised me?

If evil-select-pkg 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 evil-select-pkg part of a known attack campaign?

Yes — evil-select-pkg is associated with the 2024-09-old-evil-select-out 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 evil-select-pkg 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 evil-select-pkg (2 malicious versions). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging evil-select-pkg across your stack and pipelines.

Malicious package

evil-select-pkgPyPI

Malicious code in evil-select-pkg (PyPI) Remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

MAL-2024-12266

Immediate action

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

pip uninstall evil-select-pkg

What this malware does

Package description attempts to pentest/exploit the PyPI web interface.

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: 2024-09-old-evil-select-out

Reasons (based on the campaign):

other

Malicious versions

2 flagged

0.0.10.0.2

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

2b20dca3341dcf15ed5408898da5e7fac0f2d775d75f764f1804d4c60a837e90

db8225867ca74c2a2192382dc4abcc5119fb1ac07049412245e3a686524138f8

de7e5ebd75aeae14c9a5f445f30905e0876b710c7d9f508dd5d742f100dbfe92

cdff4873c4bb427846955c66392f7ccf6a482c240782b8a1237dbfafc266285d

Detection & response playbook

Malicious package

Find it
Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for evil-select-pkg (2 malicious versions). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging evil-select-pkg across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
Remove evil-select-pkg 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 activity or persistence.
Did it already run?
If evil-select-pkg 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 evil-select-pkg 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. evil-select-pkg on PyPI has been identified as a malicious package (versions 0.0.1, 0.0.2 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

2024-09-old-evil-select-out

References

bad-packages.kam193.eu

Credits

Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)

Detect & block this

O3 blocks evil-select-pkg-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the malicious outbound activity and severs the channel.

Malware detection Runtime egress monitoring