Which versions of soal are malicious?

The following PyPI versions of soal are flagged malicious: 8.0.5. Treat any of these as compromised.

How do I remediate soal if I installed it?

soal 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 soal — how do I know if it already compromised me?

If soal 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.

Is soal part of a known attack campaign?

Yes — soal is associated with the 2024-07-weaponized-golden 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 soal across my projects, lockfiles, and CI pipelines?

Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for soal (version 8.0.5).

Malicious package

soalPyPI

Advisory published Jul 28, 2024Updated Dec 12, 2025

soal is a confirmed malicious PyPI package (MAL-2024-12345) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 8.0.5). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in soal (PyPI)

MAL-2024-12345

Immediate action

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

pip uninstall soal

What this malware does

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

Campaign: 2024-07-weaponized-golden

Reasons (based on the campaign):

files-exfiltration

Malicious versions

1 flagged

8.0.5

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

e1d1956bd077778dad8ce9574c345abc40d19a36d4b541eb4f4482fdd75efeba

acbef83f8fce2a2944f16812b0a2f89f92b4b0e0902439a4224b7ddd2b516f9b

70abcc26f28cb5946b571b5c122e2a92c0a3cde3a3aa2a0b0c1e9a1364bd9fea

Detection & response playbook

Credential / info stealer

Find it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for soal (version 8.0.5).
If you installed it — respond
soal 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 soal 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. soal on PyPI has been identified as a malicious package (version 8.0.5 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

2024-07-weaponized-golden

References

bad-packages.kam193.eu

Credits

Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)

Detect & block this

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

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