MAL-2025-1986 Malicious code in pxz (PyPI)
- Package
- pxz
- Registry
- PyPI
What is MAL-2025-1986?
MAL-2025-1986 is a malicious package in pxz, published on 5 Feb 2025.
Official description
Packages are designed to collect basic info about the user when importing them, and have no other purpose. While they claim to do so, some packages from the same uploader use confusing names, clearly suggesting the intention to harvest data from unintentional installations.
Category: PROBABLY_PENTEST - Packages looking like typical pentest packages, but also anything that looks like testing, exploring pre-prepared kits, research & co, with clearly low-harm possibilities.
Campaign: 2025-02-pxz
Reasons (based on the campaign):
The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.
typosquatting
What should I do about MAL-2025-1986?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.