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Malicious package

veriftest1asdlaaPyPI

Advisory published Updated

veriftest1asdlaa is a confirmed malicious PyPI package (MAL-2025-4252) 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 veriftest1asdlaa (PyPI)

MAL-2025-4252
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
pip uninstall veriftest1asdlaa

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)

1b637184b9d883cb951f1bb4073daac9b99fc6168afd647260107263417f9553
a359e90cf6e8e4eb2550f45ab37e7c158340289f197afa4a1fd9f02e15813f14
84fe70a8f5e34c8334d7284bcc9b71826210f029708a53a6ec4b9bb90a33054b
3c817167e6beba41942a8bdf03dacc5287f67a3b7919a99d6ef2b0982962a24f
e65ce8aed2feffa9d8553e15522a35251c27539071aa3ff7b073d74fdb9b04ae

Detection & response playbook

Credential / info stealer
  1. Find it

    Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for veriftest1asdlaa (version 1).

  2. If you installed it — respond

    veriftest1asdlaa 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 veriftest1asdlaa 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. veriftest1asdlaa 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-2025-026102025-05-veriftest1asdlRLUA-2026-00887

References

Credits

  • Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)
  • ReversingLabs · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks veriftest1asdlaa-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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