# MAL-2025-191899: Malicious code in tiksing (PyPI)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `tiksing` (PyPI)
- **Published:** 18 Feb 2025

## What is MAL-2025-191899?

MAL-2025-191899 is a malicious package in tiksing, published on 18 Feb 2025. 

### Official description

Importing the module starts Obfuscated code that downloads a well-recognized malware. In the further variations, the code that download and starts the malicious code is now a little more hidden in the functionality and starts after presenting some allegedly expected activity

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

Campaign: 2025-02-tiksing 

Reasons (based on the campaign):

 - Downloads and executes a remote executable.

 - obfuscation

 - malware

## What should I do about MAL-2025-191899?

Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
MAL-2025-191899 is a malicious package: tiksing (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-2025-191899/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-191899/index.md)
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## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2025-191899

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-191899/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.