MAL-2025-191865 Malicious code in selenium-stealth-helper (PyPI)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2025-191865 is a malicious package: selenium-stealth-helper (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-2025-191865/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-191865/index.md)
- Package
- selenium-stealth-helper
- Registry
- PyPI
What is MAL-2025-191865?
MAL-2025-191865 is a malicious package in selenium-stealth-helper, published on 23 Aug 2025.
Official description
During importing, a malicious executable is being downloaded and started. According to sandbox report, the executable is an infostealer of rhadamanthys family.
Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2025-08-selenium-stealth-helper
Reasons (based on the campaign):
infostealer
Downloads and executes a remote executable.
impersonation
malware
What should I do about MAL-2025-191865?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.