MAL-2025-191816 Malicious code in pretty-cli-logger (PyPI)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2025-191816 is a malicious package: pretty-cli-logger (PyPI). Every version was published to cause harm.
Task:
1. Search this repository's dependency manifests and lockfiles for the package, including transitive dependencies.
2. If it is present, remove it, regenerate the lockfile with the project's package manager, and replace whatever it was used for.
3. List any CI runners, developer machines or containers that installed it, so their secrets can be rotated.
4. If the package is not used anywhere, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-191816/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-191816/index.md)
- Package
- pretty-cli-logger
- Registry
- PyPI
What is MAL-2025-191816?
MAL-2025-191816 is a malicious package in pretty-cli-logger, published on 26 Apr 2025.
Official description
Contains an obfuscated code that will download and run a remote script. At the time of the analysis, the remote URLs were delivering empty results
Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2025-04-pretty-cli-logger
Reasons (based on the campaign):
Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.
obfuscation
What should I do about MAL-2025-191816?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.