NIST deprecates RSA-2048 from 2030. Find every one of them before attackers do.
Malicious package

pplgdfhuighsdfyisfdtyPyPI

Advisory published Updated

pplgdfhuighsdfyisfdty is a confirmed malicious PyPI package (MAL-2024-11661) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 1). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in pplgdfhuighsdfyisfdty (PyPI)

MAL-2024-11661
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
pip uninstall pplgdfhuighsdfyisfdty

What this malware does

Installing the package attempts to exfiltrate GCP tokens. As it uses a random names and/or targets specific accounts, it's most probably a (pen)test.

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: 2024-10-gal32fjdsbf89hnd-gcp-token

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • exfiltration-cloud-tokens

Malicious versions

1 flagged
1

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

184915326647ad3b19088447e38959cbbc246318d52670da620086f3c2474b23
aaadf7c5d9b51f1e1471ff375bcbfeb88c72f46378dcf1fbf33e85f23bd04c6c
a6da12f1a169dc997d18e49311bb47be99e753dca10106e2bde591c0618268d1
0b41dcca8bb627a4f5bcc696eed782110f13efe482c7f6d793626cd23ae9d481
7b6a99d0fe2a6d92b00d6aa2acfe2dbb2df2c9f24e1a7fea18a15abf4fcc2a49

Detection & response playbook

Credential / info stealer
  1. Find it

    Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for pplgdfhuighsdfyisfdty (version 1).

  2. If you installed it — respond

    pplgdfhuighsdfyisfdty 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 pplgdfhuighsdfyisfdty 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. pplgdfhuighsdfyisfdty on PyPI has been identified as a malicious package (version 1 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

RLMA-2024-111182024-10-gal32fjdsbf89hnd-gcp-tokenRLUA-2026-00601

References

Credits

  • Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)
  • ReversingLabs · finder

Detect & block this

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

Explore

pplgdfhuighsdfyisfdty (PyPI) malicious package — MAL-2024-11661 | O3 Security