MAL-2025-191872 Malicious code in soopsocks (PyPI)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2025-191872 is a malicious package: soopsocks (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-2025-191872/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-191872/index.md)
- Package
- soopsocks
- Registry
- PyPI
What is MAL-2025-191872?
MAL-2025-191872 is a malicious package in soopsocks, published on 26 Sep 2025.
Official description
The package promise creating a SOCKS proxy and report the server to a Discord webhook. And indeed appears to do so, but the attached autorun service seems to be a malware
Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2025-09-soopsocks
Reasons (based on the campaign):
- malware
What should I do about MAL-2025-191872?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.