Which versions of soultracker are malicious?

The following PyPI versions of soultracker are flagged malicious: 0.1.0. Treat any of these as compromised.

How do I remediate soultracker if I installed it?

Remove soultracker 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.

I already installed soultracker — how do I know if it already compromised me?

If soultracker 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 soultracker part of a known attack campaign?

Yes — soultracker is associated with the GENERIC-simple-tests 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 soultracker across my projects, lockfiles, and CI pipelines?

Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for soultracker (version 0.1.0).

Malicious package

soultrackerPyPI

Advisory published Aug 23, 2024Updated Dec 12, 2025

soultracker is a confirmed malicious PyPI package (MAL-2025-3565) that executes malicious code on install (malicious version 0.1.0). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in soultracker (PyPI)

MAL-2025-3565

Immediate action

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

pip uninstall soultracker

What this malware does

Packages that might be part of testing for pentesting / malicious activity / joy, with suspicious activity that does not present any real harm.

Category: PROBABLY_PENTEST - Packages looking like typical pentest packages, but also anything that looks like testing, exploring pre-prepared kits, research & co, with clearly low-harm possibilities.

Campaign: GENERIC-simple-tests

Reasons (based on the campaign):

The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.

The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'soultracker' @ 0.1.0 (pypi) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

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

Malicious versions

1 flagged

0.1.0

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

f0f648527ba68ae34fd8b933322846afca713f9d9649424c3cd01ddc9431d9de

3c5d0d49f58d2bf68cbf2e58a316e6415ffcba7625118f13b095b51cdfa0b872

3f60b37d84566711ce6977710fcb74c3358a2c95655c8e115dbb863f67ff4009

2e92bb074f1b077141db318290cb0ac730d6689217a2fac1703d38edbdcc38fc

Detection & response playbook

Malicious package

Find it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for soultracker (version 0.1.0).
If you installed it — respond
Remove soultracker 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.
Did it already run?
If soultracker 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. soultracker on PyPI has been identified as a malicious package (version 0.1.0 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

GENERIC-simple-tests

References

bad-packages.kam193.eu

Credits

Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)
OpenSSF: Package Analysis · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks soultracker-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.

Malware detection Runtime egress monitoring

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