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Malicious package

fifam5tlPyPI

Advisory published Updated

fifam5tl is a confirmed malicious PyPI package (MAL-2025-47765) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 0.1.1). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in fifam5tl (PyPI)

MAL-2025-47765
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
pip uninstall fifam5tl

What this malware does

Importing the module downloads and executes widely recognized malware

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

Campaign: 2025-08-k7eel

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • Downloads and executes a remote executable.

  • malware

Malicious versions

1 flagged
0.1.1

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

19936e605083024367eccb33b3d9c739d2d48c765f83f92807d770ec8c3c6fde
9e377224d82a6212e50d83caa04d4ccef14c4ea9e1bea1060b34330a01b6d02d
950882b4ee8d998f2521e9f90e402c3414f4b2872fd10f2cd8833ecfd1053a74
4eed89de8f61efe275930c828141d1ae1db570bd271d2ea25e05ecc10b0a6ab2

Detection & response playbook

Credential / info stealer
  1. Find it

    Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for fifam5tl (version 0.1.1).

  2. If you installed it — respond

    fifam5tl 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 fifam5tl 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. fifam5tl on PyPI has been identified as a malicious package (version 0.1.1 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

RLMA-2025-047662025-08-k7eelRLUA-2026-00324

References

Credits

  • Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)
  • ReversingLabs · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks fifam5tl-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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fifam5tl (PyPI) malicious package — MAL-2025-47765 | O3 Security