pdatainstallerPyPI
Malicious code in pdatainstaller (PyPI) Remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
What this malware does
Package is designed to download and execute a remote script, but the script itself seems to be broken (missing or wrong URLs). It's most probably a test before next packages with real malicious content.
Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2025-12-pdatainstaller
Reasons (based on the campaign):
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Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.
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malware
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Downloads and executes a remote executable.
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Credential / info stealerFind it
Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for pdatainstaller (version 1.0.0). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging pdatainstaller across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
pdatainstaller 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 pdatainstaller 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 pdatainstaller 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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Credits
- Kamil Mańkowski (kam193) · reporter
Detect & block this
O3 blocks pdatainstaller-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.