Which versions of program-admin are malicious?

The following PyPI versions of program-admin are flagged malicious: 0.0.1, 1.0.1. Treat any of these as compromised.

How do I remediate program-admin if I installed it?

program-admin 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.

I already installed program-admin — how do I know if it already compromised me?

If program-admin 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.

Is program-admin part of a known attack campaign?

Yes — program-admin is associated with the RLMA-2025-02584, 2025-05-sl4x01 campaign. Packages in the same campaign often share infrastructure and payloads, so check whether any related packages are also in your dependency tree.

How do I find program-admin across my projects, lockfiles, and CI pipelines?

Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for program-admin (2 malicious versions). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging program-admin across your stack and pipelines.

Malicious package

program-adminPyPI

Malicious code in program-admin (PyPI) Remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

MAL-2025-3744

Immediate action

Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.

pip uninstall program-admin

What this malware does

Packages that seem to be created by a legit bug bounty hunter. Designed to look like created by different organisations, they contain a couple of data exfiltration (including all env variables) and potential remote code execution (though the URL seems not to serve any code).

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

Campaign: 2025-05-sl4x01

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.
exfiltration-env-variables
impersonation

The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'program-admin' @ 0.0.1 (pypi) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.

Malicious versions

2 flagged

0.0.11.0.1

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

21aafd5a731c66af3cff57a98bb892d950cddfafcd204ecc3e41c0a0f3de3864

ad48dea0126bca950dde55265af75dec3bbb99b271292ebb35022f5176c3ed5d

d1fd50a04ffab4bea06c36d070a2837e6c08abd652837fccf8ce416c27f37eb8

59224052106012b3930c4886c7d89df1b9395683bcce1256aabcfa9038e7987c

79810d0cd56c8a3266dcbe5827dd3d27eb976b353c7b17940a29dddc602df4f7

5feeb5216a7894e29bb2891c20de5fd9fdb80aa3b224d4bd051890eb827d7b0c

Detection & response playbook

Credential / info stealer

Find it
Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for program-admin (2 malicious versions). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging program-admin across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
program-admin 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 program-admin 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 program-admin 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. program-admin on PyPI has been identified as a malicious package (versions 0.0.1, 1.0.1 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

RLMA-2025-025842025-05-sl4x01

References

Credits

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

Detect & block this

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

Malware detection Runtime egress monitoring