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Malicious package

j5gnpuiwerbngpiutbgn0iutb0pPyPI

Advisory published Updated

j5gnpuiwerbngpiutbgn0iutb0p is a confirmed malicious PyPI package (MAL-2024-9407) that executes malicious code on install (malicious version 0.0.1). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in j5gnpuiwerbngpiutbgn0iutb0p (PyPI)

MAL-2024-9407
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
pip uninstall j5gnpuiwerbngpiutbgn0iutb0p

What this malware does

According to the description, packages should demonstrate the dependency confusion attack. The realisation is, in fact, a spamming with packages having as the only purpose reporting basic data like hostname and current working directory.

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-lokopoil23

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • dependency-confusion

The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'j5gnpuiwerbngpiutbgn0iutb0p' @ 0.0.1 (pypi) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

  • The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.

Malicious versions

1 flagged
0.0.1

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

f687494d7deb053d91f0bf7154dd9981e9e9e4c227483141dc806b3cab994a34
376d56a642ddeab11de99d2f9f6e21fb5b9b46b318786eced46d94c474e09787
0e410a6e975b8a7d6930f2fbde2be25a08fd2bc8995fc57d1794fc12eaf1e019
f2ae533e963dfd702d3936eaea5357f3a0c412107d74ff007e3a4cb35b7edb8a

Detection & response playbook

Malicious package
  1. Find it

    Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for j5gnpuiwerbngpiutbgn0iutb0p (version 0.0.1).

  2. If you installed it — respond

    Remove j5gnpuiwerbngpiutbgn0iutb0p from your project and lockfile, then assume any secrets accessible to the build or runtime were exposed: rotate API keys, tokens, and credentials, and audit for unexpected outbound activity or persistence.

  3. Did it already run?

    If j5gnpuiwerbngpiutbgn0iutb0p 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. j5gnpuiwerbngpiutbgn0iutb0p on PyPI has been identified as a malicious package (version 0.0.1 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

2024-10-lokopoil23

References

Credits

  • Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)
  • OpenSSF: Package Analysis · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks j5gnpuiwerbngpiutbgn0iutb0p-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the malicious outbound activity and severs the channel.

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