MAL-2025-1964 Malicious code in astronomios (PyPI)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2025-1964 is a malicious package: astronomios (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-2025-1964/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-1964/index.md)
- Package
- astronomios
- Registry
- PyPI
What is MAL-2025-1964?
MAL-2025-1964 is a malicious package in astronomios, published on 8 Feb 2025.
Official description
setup.py contains highly obfuscated infostealer
Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2025-02-astronomio
Reasons (based on the campaign):
infostealer
dependency-confusion
obfuscation
exfiltration-browser-data
exfiltration-crypto
What should I do about MAL-2025-1964?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.