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Malicious package

pycryptographyPyPI

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

MAL-2024-5688
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
pip uninstall pycryptography

Malicious versions

2 flagged
1.0.03.0.0

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

83167a2fef23586192171e0a222c742a97a6cd85eed288075fe57e40b508111f
6d52fb8879ab797f0387b6c54a097216fd89965afc66ccb4b0ba5521d2995a35

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 pycryptography (2 malicious versions). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging pycryptography across your stack and pipelines.

  2. If you installed it — respond

    Remove pycryptography 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 pycryptography 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 pycryptography 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. pycryptography on PyPI has been identified as a malicious package (versions 1.0.0, 3.0.0 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

RLMA-2024-04471RLUA-2024-08908

References

Credits

  • ReversingLabs · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks pycryptography-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.

pycryptography (PyPI) malicious package — MAL-2024-5688 | O3 Security