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Malicious package

myhexsenderPyPI

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

MAL-2024-12310
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
pip uninstall myhexsender

What this malware does

Installing the package or importing the module exfiltrates basic information about the host, and the package has no other purpose.

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: GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.

  • The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.

Malicious versions

1 flagged
0.1.0

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

d2515c34bd9ca9ed0b658fd5247aee4d851383e00c6954e02077c581a6f2fe5e
551ca9f26ea50e6190623b0bc30ab6836e3d0746d1982d5c28c1b5e0daf914db
25e8e6d55820114610d420834fa3db9a18e49cb568ee71781fba1bcb7f0e9e56

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 myhexsender (version 0.1.0). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging myhexsender across your stack and pipelines.

  2. If you installed it — respond

    myhexsender 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 myhexsender 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 myhexsender 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. myhexsender on PyPI has been identified as a malicious package (version 0.1.0 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest

References

Credits

  • Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)

Detect & block this

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

myhexsender (PyPI) malicious package — MAL-2024-12310 | O3 Security