me-dheeraj-moye-moyePyPI
Advisory published Updated
me-dheeraj-moye-moye is a confirmed malicious PyPI package (MAL-2024-5357) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious versions 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4…). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in me-dheeraj-moye-moye (PyPI)
What this malware does
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: 2024-01-moye-moye
Reasons (based on the campaign):
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exfiltration-ssh-keys
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exfiltration-env-variables
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The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Credential / info stealerFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for me-dheeraj-moye-moye (5 malicious versions).
If you installed it — respond
me-dheeraj-moye-moye 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 me-dheeraj-moye-moye 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 me-dheeraj-moye-moye-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.