Which versions of textharmony are malicious?

The following PyPI versions of textharmony are flagged malicious: 99.6. Treat any of these as compromised.

How do I remediate textharmony if I installed it?

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

If textharmony 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 textharmony part of a known attack campaign?

Yes — textharmony is associated with the 2024-11-byted-dast 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 textharmony across my projects, lockfiles, and CI pipelines?

Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for textharmony (version 99.6).

Part of a larger attack: 2024-11-byted-dast published 183 malicious packages. See the full campaign →

Malicious package

textharmonyPyPI

Advisory published Nov 6, 2024Updated Dec 12, 2025

textharmony is a confirmed malicious PyPI package (MAL-2024-10830) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 99.6). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in textharmony (PyPI)

MAL-2024-10830

Immediate action

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

pip uninstall textharmony

What this malware does

A campaign of probably pentest packages flooding PYPI. Installing the package or importing the module triggers reporting basic info like hostname, path and the username to the package author. There is no other purpose of the package.

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: 2024-11-byted-dast

Reasons (based on the campaign):

The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.
typosquatting
dependency-confusion

The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'textharmony' @ 99.6 (pypi) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.

Malicious versions

1 flagged

99.6

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

02276d47d8678bd06955da62ecdcb763c5ae107ba0b8674171a97c672ed79be0

6de22bdd960486e01d3085611afa5085bd74fb9724bfb11bfece3581452d3aca

a225b73c6a06e67b7911b74dae2bd28201575919bbcfe2cde0ad1a2a0b57aee6

2f0553b831612978b23abde1b6560b6628b2a8fb76071a2a3e8e9c82a9f0cbce

Detection & response playbook

Credential / info stealer

Find it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for textharmony (version 99.6).
If you installed it — respond
textharmony 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 textharmony 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. textharmony on PyPI has been identified as a malicious package (version 99.6 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

2024-11-byted-dast

References

bad-packages.kam193.eu

Credits

Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)
OpenSSF: Package Analysis · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks textharmony-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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