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Malicious package

pycolorzPyPI

Malicious code in pycolorz (PyPI) Remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

MAL-2024-5666
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
pip uninstall pycolorz

Malicious versions

8 flagged
0.0.10.0.20.0.30.0.50.0.60.0.70.0.80.0.9

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

a0e26c5f0090bb37285321c4f8f78fa55b545b96ac5e086de2c56fc8d8da3f31
56527d312d373e84fedc81d57085cd4bffd98a1b0a15f5b32478c7b5421e9bfb

Detection & response playbook

Malicious package
  1. Find it

    Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for pycolorz (8 malicious versions). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging pycolorz across your stack and pipelines.

  2. If you installed it — respond

    Remove pycolorz 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.

  3. Did it already run?

    If pycolorz 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.

  4. How O3 protects you

    O3 blocks pycolorz 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. pycolorz on PyPI has been identified as a malicious package (versions 0.0.1, 0.0.2, 0.0.3, 0.0.5, 0.0.6, 0.0.7, 0.0.8, 0.0.9 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

RLMA-2024-04449RLUA-2024-08886

References

Credits

  • ReversingLabs · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks pycolorz-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.

pycolorz (PyPI) malicious package — MAL-2024-5666 | O3 Security