# MAL-2025-3744: Malicious code in program-admin (PyPI)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `program-admin` (PyPI)
- **Published:** 10 May 2025

## What is MAL-2025-3744?

MAL-2025-3744 is a malicious package in program-admin, published on 10 May 2025. 

### Official description

Packages that seem to be created by a legit bug bounty hunter. Designed to look like created by different organisations, they contain a couple of data exfiltration (including all env variables) and potential remote code execution (though the URL seems not to serve any code).

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

Campaign: 2025-05-sl4x01

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.

 - exfiltration-env-variables

 - impersonation

The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'program-admin' @ 0.0.1 (pypi) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

- The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.

## What should I do about MAL-2025-3744?

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-2025-3744 is a malicious package: program-admin (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-2025-3744/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-3744/index.md)
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## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2025-3744

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-3744/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.