selfrandompipencodePyPI
Malicious code in selfrandompipencode (PyPI) Remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
What this malware does
EsqueleSquad group published nearly 6000 malicious PyPi and NPM packages, executing spyware and information-stealing malware
Malicious versions
Every published version of this package is considered malicious — remove it entirely.
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Credential / info stealerFind it
Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for selfrandompipencode (all published versions). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging selfrandompipencode across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
selfrandompipencode 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 selfrandompipencode 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 selfrandompipencode 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.
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Credits
- Checkmarx · finder
Detect & block this
O3 blocks selfrandompipencode-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.