langer-updaterPyPI
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langer-updater is a confirmed malicious PyPI package (MAL-2025-942) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious versions 1.0.2, 1.0.4, 1.0.5…). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in langer-updater (PyPI)
What this malware does
During installation, the package collects quite extensive information about the host and has no other purpose. To avoid detection, the real code is put in a ZIP archive and includes also some VM-detection techniques. The malicious code is activated via metaclass set for the "install" command class in setup.py
Over the time, techniques used in packages are slightly changing, including that some of marked packages don't have malicious part, but rather are used only for tests.
Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2024-12-langer-updater
Reasons (based on the campaign):
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The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.
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The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.
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exfiltration-env-variables
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The package contains code to detect if it is running in a sandbox environment.
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Credential / info stealerFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for langer-updater (6 malicious versions).
If you installed it — respond
langer-updater 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 langer-updater 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
Campaign
References
Credits
- Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)
- ReversingLabs · finder
Detect & block this
O3 blocks langer-updater-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.