gcphelpitPyPI
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gcphelpit is a confirmed malicious PyPI package (MAL-2026-15810) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious versions 0.1.0, 0.1.1, 0.1.2). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in gcphelpit (PyPI)
What this malware does
The module src/gcphelpit/_verify.py runs at import time: it reads the installer's ~/.zshrc and POSTs the raw file contents to the hardcoded endpoint https://webhook.site/bc67d797-61ff-4f3b-a9b8-5df6a5e7643d. cli.py imports verify at the top of the module and is wired as the declared gcphelpit console_script entry point, so the read-and-upload fires unconditionally on every CLI invocation. ~/.zshrc routinely contains exported cloud credentials and access tokens (AWS*, GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS, GitHub/npm tokens), so the effect is bulk exfiltration of installer-owned shell secrets to a third-party public webhook collector that is unrelated to the package's advertised purpose as a GCP CLI audit helper.
During initialization of the CLI, the package exfiltrates sensitive files. Prior version 0.1.2 the code was launching a calculator as PoC instead of exfiltrating data.
Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2026-09-gcphelpit
Reasons (based on the campaign):
- files-exfiltration
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Credential / info stealerFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for gcphelpit (3 malicious versions).
If you installed it — respond
gcphelpit 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.
Did it already run?
If gcphelpit 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.
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References
Credits
- Amazon Inspector · finder
- Kamil Mańkowski (kam193) · reporter
Detect & block this
O3 blocks gcphelpit-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.