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Malicious package

gridifiesPyPI

Malicious code in gridifies (PyPI) Remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

MAL-2025-193012
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
pip uninstall gridifies

What this malware does

Packages contain hidden code that is effectively run during importing or using the library, and downloads second stage code. Then, a process running in background periodically connects to a remote host and waits for next code to execute

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

Campaign: 2025-11-spellcheckers

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • obfuscation

  • Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.

  • The package contains code to execute remote commands (probably limited to a specific set) on the victim's machine.

Malicious versions

1 flagged
1.0.2

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

5b003711060bdfd51eddae8b2ec6fc00313aee8bb480e9017b5ad5d03dbf567c
8cf42cf5ba4deade66ef734e9cc075f6ffbab494b6f6a8006cf0a019886bec7e
351e3733e5f7f100d60926e0d4a8bac5ff5fc9f6f67876871715a0e676e1f1f0
c5c8be3854290cae0c1c2858a01a2e82a21880d916abeb9de8fc41e2562d40a9

Detection & response playbook

Credential / info stealer
  1. Find it

    Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for gridifies (version 1.0.2). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging gridifies across your stack and pipelines.

  2. If you installed it — respond

    gridifies 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 gridifies 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.

  4. How O3 protects you

    O3 blocks gridifies 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. gridifies on PyPI has been identified as a malicious package (version 1.0.2 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

2025-11-spellcheckers

References

Credits

  • Kamil Mańkowski (kam193) · reporter

Detect & block this

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

gridifies (PyPI) malicious package — MAL-2025-193012 | O3 Security