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Malicious package

veriftest1asdlaPyPI

Advisory published Updated

veriftest1asdla is a confirmed malicious PyPI package (MAL-2025-4251) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 1). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in veriftest1asdla (PyPI)

MAL-2025-4251
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
pip uninstall veriftest1asdla

What this malware does

During installation, the package attempts to exfiltrate cloud tokens

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

Campaign: 2025-05-veriftest1asdl

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • exfiltration-cloud-tokens

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

Malicious versions

1 flagged
1

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

71229f3feb9625f379a5603ccf203fed73803899f88989cf8ac9f786880c5b2d
27df9e17625d7fa74ff728bd8f9cb4784ee934e5277dd1d50df43ef5c54247fe
e04795c3a8f7fae13a125bde307aa64db04ae9f4ff76bd1d11fb32b4d3f57a36
78188a09820df3fbbeafbb6374f13b398ce5d37b502d7de14571e9bcf8e6bee2
578cebe4ea2d52b54edd023a1a24ae65f5b58b9bf90c4c6f2e0c6dcbabbde034

Detection & response playbook

Credential / info stealer
  1. Find it

    Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for veriftest1asdla (version 1).

  2. If you installed it — respond

    veriftest1asdla 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 veriftest1asdla 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. veriftest1asdla on PyPI has been identified as a malicious package (version 1 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

RLMA-2025-026092025-05-veriftest1asdlRLUA-2026-00886

References

Credits

  • Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)
  • ReversingLabs · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks veriftest1asdla-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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