MAL-2025-2993 Malicious code in pythonhttp (PyPI)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2025-2993 is a malicious package: pythonhttp (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-2025-2993/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-2993/index.md)
- Package
- pythonhttp
- Registry
- PyPI
What is MAL-2025-2993?
MAL-2025-2993 is a malicious package in pythonhttp, published on 4 Mar 2025.
Official description
Installing the package starts a heavily obfuscated Powershell Script that attempts to (at least) overwrite copied crypto wallets
Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2025-03-pythonhttp
Reasons (based on the campaign):
The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.
obfuscation
malware
crypto-related
What should I do about MAL-2025-2993?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.