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Malicious package

veriftest1asdlaaaPyPI

Advisory published Updated

veriftest1asdlaaa is a confirmed malicious PyPI package (MAL-2025-4253) 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 veriftest1asdlaaa (PyPI)

MAL-2025-4253
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
pip uninstall veriftest1asdlaaa

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)

bd37166c95b260a650c6fb2c96e2da5eae8b7cda8ccb7384b506d4a1c39ade68
8953c802be029ee2cf0c07fc075ee62ad7b6170eabf4996f4e78266a089b8c07
8ca63296b7d7f9b656944bcaf65cc918b709a2071d1ea5f16d1a7422a9df931e
0b1c39a6af7a9b591a2624cef50f3984f09f5144225dbb34a6c626a376c7af1b
1e28765b13dc5a1d0474caac0adc41e2a80f1facea8cda1cc7ad8ac1173b5dba

Detection & response playbook

Credential / info stealer
  1. Find it

    Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for veriftest1asdlaaa (version 1).

  2. If you installed it — respond

    veriftest1asdlaaa 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 veriftest1asdlaaa 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. veriftest1asdlaaa 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-2025-026112025-05-veriftest1asdlRLUA-2026-00888

References

Credits

  • Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)
  • ReversingLabs · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks veriftest1asdlaaa-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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