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Malicious package

pam98wyfupa98wPyPI

Advisory published Updated

pam98wyfupa98w is a confirmed malicious PyPI package (MAL-2025-191810) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 0.0.1). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in pam98wyfupa98w (PyPI)

MAL-2025-191810
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
pip uninstall pam98wyfupa98w

What this malware does

Importing the module starts a reverse shell

Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.

Campaign: 2025-11-d1n0

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • The package contains code to create a reverse shell, allowing an attacker to execute any commands on the victim's machine.

Malicious versions

1 flagged
0.0.1

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

c8b62ee93d374187e728b0d24a516ffcd4f3a209bf5214a3c3c1587f225a3e92
be7177fd2d56b518724377233ca5eda13a07f6252e400cfb4c1115db456b5fd8

Detection & response playbook

Credential / info stealer
  1. Find it

    Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for pam98wyfupa98w (version 0.0.1).

  2. If you installed it — respond

    pam98wyfupa98w 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 pam98wyfupa98w 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

No. pam98wyfupa98w on PyPI has been identified as a malicious package (version 0.0.1 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

2025-11-d1n0

References

Credits

  • Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)

Detect & block this

O3 blocks pam98wyfupa98w-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.

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pam98wyfupa98w (PyPI) malicious package — MAL-2025-191810 | O3 Security