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Malicious package

fasdghjkhjafsdPyPI

Advisory published Updated

fasdghjkhjafsd is a confirmed malicious PyPI package (MAL-2024-12271) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious versions 0.0.1, 0.0.2, 0.0.3). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in fasdghjkhjafsd (PyPI)

MAL-2024-12271
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
pip uninstall fasdghjkhjafsd

What this malware does

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

Campaign: 2024-07-prices-txt-exfiltration

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • files-exfiltration

Malicious versions

3 flagged
0.0.10.0.20.0.3

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

fa35c5738d136a32714e577c6bd8c44614c917e9b3d62d4c54a4a7f609460f47
2384ead182322f38776720b4406ef7589305cdd61f49fa6ae98ae31288b447b2
f6987c03f6e0e923274fb54f5348b2af33621321a08f296b08134bcbda778bd5

Detection & response playbook

Credential / info stealer
  1. Find it

    Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for fasdghjkhjafsd (3 malicious versions).

  2. If you installed it — respond

    fasdghjkhjafsd 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 fasdghjkhjafsd 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. fasdghjkhjafsd on PyPI has been identified as a malicious package (versions 0.0.1, 0.0.2, 0.0.3 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

2024-07-prices-txt-exfiltration

References

Credits

  • Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)

Detect & block this

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

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