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Malicious package

spateo-releasePyPI

Malicious code in spateo-release (PyPI) Remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

MAL-2026-5278
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
pip uninstall spateo-release

What this malware does

Versions 1.1.2 were compromised.

Compromised packages start an obfuscated infostealer. The infostealer is a heavily obfuscated JavaScript code executed using Bun runtime on Python startup. It collectes all kinds of sensitive data, including API keys, credentials to package repositories, cryptocurrency assets, password manager data. Infostealer actively queries online services to collect additional secrets as well as attempts to gain persistence and spread further by publishing infected packages using collected credentials. Data are exfiltrated likely using Github. The code seems to threaten to wipe the user's data if it detects invalid GitHub tokens. Cleanup should be done with caution.

It seems to be related to the recent Mini Shai Hulud campaign.

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

Campaign: 2026-06-compr-woodpecker

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • compromised-package

  • exfiltration-env-variables

  • exfiltration-cloud-tokens

  • exfiltration-credentials

  • abuses-pth

  • obfuscation

  • infostealer

  • The package contains code to detect if it is running in a sandbox environment.

  • exfiltration-crypto

  • files-exfiltration

  • destructive-actions

Malicious versions

1 flagged
1.1.2

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

21400e8510d0663de6c3a4454fe99d9200cb83ae8d1ecdc137c99f3668da4293
996f2f0db1e7bedda5aa2adc679178ed612dff12ca2deddea7994fb28f9e9d0c
5ad27cfc4baaa6b463d8aa96f99d27676c35b240526bef78ccdd00b07f89f80c
c0fae1c824e2db883f66c684ba1f3552e92eda7a39065f74b2c94d8ebb275a56

Detection & response playbook

Credential / info stealer
  1. Find it

    Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for spateo-release (version 1.1.2). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging spateo-release across your stack and pipelines.

  2. If you installed it — respond

    spateo-release 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.

  3. Did it already run?

    If spateo-release 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 spateo-release 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. spateo-release on PyPI has been identified as a malicious package (version 1.1.2 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

2026-06-compr-woodpecker

References

Credits

  • Kamil Mańkowski (kam193) · reporter

Detect & block this

O3 blocks spateo-release-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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