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Malicious package

veriftest1asdlaaaaPyPI

Advisory published Updated

veriftest1asdlaaaa is a confirmed malicious PyPI package (MAL-2025-4254) 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 veriftest1asdlaaaa (PyPI)

MAL-2025-4254
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
pip uninstall veriftest1asdlaaaa

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)

14006d51a1c0401267f0cde60e05a37e4f73cdccc8d411beab2a87334f248dab
b92f906eae88df2f6c2e96a57b2d258e815305abe81fab70fecee74b819da73c
18d30d48c72a61cda2e8b0ecd3a27b958e8964b4c65833cb780186382285101d
a213b19e8ffaf71235072fe1ae7f0282ee5c8ca457aa873ccb31d5955b314b26
f19843d6dc712a5df94bd61a64df361987d7919eb999f05800c3f1947107a368

Detection & response playbook

Credential / info stealer
  1. Find it

    Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for veriftest1asdlaaaa (version 1).

  2. If you installed it — respond

    veriftest1asdlaaaa 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 veriftest1asdlaaaa 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. veriftest1asdlaaaa 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-2025-026122025-05-veriftest1asdlRLUA-2026-00889

References

Credits

  • Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)
  • ReversingLabs · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks veriftest1asdlaaaa-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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