MAL-2025-191644 Malicious code in lbank-connector-pythons (PyPI)
- Package
- lbank-connector-pythons
- Registry
- PyPI
What is MAL-2025-191644?
MAL-2025-191644 is a malicious package in lbank-connector-pythons, published on 22 Oct 2025.
Official description
This is a copy of a legit package with added basic exfiltration in the setup.py
Category: PROBABLY_PENTEST - Packages looking like typical pentest packages, but also anything that looks like testing, exploring pre-prepared kits, research & co, with clearly low-harm possibilities.
Campaign: GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest
Reasons (based on the campaign):
The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.
The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.
What should I do about MAL-2025-191644?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.