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Malicious package

wisecloudcyberarkPyPI

Advisory published Updated

wisecloudcyberark is a confirmed malicious PyPI package (MAL-2026-1142) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 1.4.0). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in wisecloudcyberark (PyPI)

MAL-2026-1142
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
pip uninstall wisecloudcyberark

What this malware does

During import, only in specific environments, a module containing code disguised as telemetry is imported. This code then exfiltrates sensitive environment variables and cloud tokens to a hardcoded location, as well as starts a job listening for commands to execute. Likely dependency confusion attempts

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

Campaign: 2026-02-amigapythonupdater

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • exfiltration-generic

  • exfiltration-env-variables

  • The package contains code to execute remote commands (probably limited to a specific set) on the victim's machine.

  • dependency-confusion

Malicious versions

1 flagged
1.4.0

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

f0e320bedb4902833dec6f929dff31967c3d37ce699cb0ed5bc586f36f36b25e
1695fa5a91867820b93f41ba7ca2c14c978528fb436ce3010f3565063e3cecbe
fadb9ccf413e14391ab70dfa0cff47f5d927f43ea0f3c238a4d34e52b562397d

Detection & response playbook

Credential / info stealer
  1. Find it

    Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for wisecloudcyberark (version 1.4.0).

  2. If you installed it — respond

    wisecloudcyberark 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 wisecloudcyberark 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. wisecloudcyberark on PyPI has been identified as a malicious package (version 1.4.0 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

2026-02-amigapythonupdaterRLMA-2026-00932RLUA-2026-01690

References

Credits

  • Kamil Mańkowski (kam193) · analyst
  • ReversingLabs · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks wisecloudcyberark-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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wisecloudcyberark (PyPI) malicious package — MAL-2026-1142 | O3 Security