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Malicious package

nursetPyPI

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

MAL-2024-10420
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
pip uninstall nurset

What this malware does

A campaign of probably pentest packages flooding PYPI. Installing the package or importing the module triggers reporting basic info like hostname, path and the username to the package author. There is no other purpose of the package.

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: 2024-11-byted-dast

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.

  • typosquatting

  • dependency-confusion

The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'nurset' @ 99.7 (pypi) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

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

Malicious versions

1 flagged
99.7

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

48dbe412be5561b618908855eba18f9ace3a9784437c4dd8e996a57a1213beda
3e99245918d9a0810aee9b6f83ef2690018407884efbd478b880214b176873be
c04b096f1aeed3dabba6ee75c7eccf3b48966e1bee77d6a9eab90e9c56349fa1
ab891a6bb73c082b26c81705ff5e0045c7effc01a4a27f8115bdcf674b9a28d9

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 nurset (version 99.7). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging nurset across your stack and pipelines.

  2. If you installed it — respond

    nurset 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 nurset 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 nurset 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. nurset on PyPI has been identified as a malicious package (version 99.7 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

2024-11-byted-dast

References

Credits

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

Detect & block this

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

nurset (PyPI) malicious package — MAL-2024-10420 | O3 Security