pipmodule83PyPI
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pipmodule83 is a confirmed malicious PyPI package (MAL-2025-6565) that executes malicious code on install (malicious version 1.0.2). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in pipmodule83 (PyPI)
What this malware does
If run as a module, the package downloads and executes a remote script. At the time of check, the remote script was just opening a popup; thus it's not classified as clearly malicious.
Through the package description related to "cirhenly" package, which was uploaded by "0x92nw" - see campaign 2025-07-0x92nw
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: 2025-07-pipmodule83
Reasons (based on the campaign):
- Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Malicious packageFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for pipmodule83 (version 1.0.2).
If you installed it — respond
Remove pipmodule83 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 pipmodule83 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
Campaign
References
Credits
- Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)
- ReversingLabs · finder
Detect & block this
O3 blocks pipmodule83-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.