MAL-2025-192387 Malicious code in do-not-install-this-package-001 (PyPI)
- Package
- do-not-install-this-package-001
- Registry
- PyPI
What is MAL-2025-192387?
MAL-2025-192387 is a malicious package in do-not-install-this-package-001, published on 9 Dec 2025.
Official description
Generic campaign for all (likely) research / pentests, where the amount or art of collected data raises questions about the privacy, security and ethical side.
Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: GENERIC-questionable-pentest
Reasons (based on the campaign):
exfiltration-env-variables
exfiltration-generic
The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.
typosquatting
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'do-not-install-this-package-001' @ 0.1.3 (pypi) as malicious.
It is considered malicious because:
The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.
The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.
What should I do about MAL-2025-192387?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.