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Malicious package

gal32fjdsbf89hndPyPI

Advisory published Updated

gal32fjdsbf89hnd is a confirmed malicious PyPI package (MAL-2024-11598) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 1). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in gal32fjdsbf89hnd (PyPI)

MAL-2024-11598
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
pip uninstall gal32fjdsbf89hnd

What this malware does

Installing the package attempts to exfiltrate GCP tokens. As it uses a random names and/or targets specific accounts, it's most probably a (pen)test.

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: 2024-10-gal32fjdsbf89hnd-gcp-token

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • exfiltration-cloud-tokens

Malicious versions

1 flagged
1

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

be9397c577909e952747e357d6f89ee5d450558ffa705def24a013070ee9ca15
04acfdcfbd1dc02db2acf4cd92272be826a5c223c04374204efb13c241bc1b60
289d4debca52d2f6a1dd07428abe588fa5857d09a6726740ba061b260d24de8b
0b29505a82049c6ad552b81ec52f400958dc644e15a6b2ee2f554bdda026a604
2e8a2e53df2a44c6f658621ebfd6d40cba7528defc4c43a3003b96c4c07f7f85

Detection & response playbook

Credential / info stealer
  1. Find it

    Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for gal32fjdsbf89hnd (version 1).

  2. If you installed it — respond

    gal32fjdsbf89hnd 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 gal32fjdsbf89hnd 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. gal32fjdsbf89hnd on PyPI has been identified as a malicious package (version 1 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

RLMA-2024-110502024-10-gal32fjdsbf89hnd-gcp-tokenRLUA-2026-00345

References

Credits

  • Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)
  • ReversingLabs · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks gal32fjdsbf89hnd-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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