MAL-2025-4230 Malicious code in pydoxing (PyPI)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2025-4230 is a malicious package: pydoxing (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-2025-4230/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-4230/index.md)
- Package
- pydoxing
- Registry
- PyPI
What is MAL-2025-4230?
MAL-2025-4230 is a malicious package in pydoxing, published on 2 May 2025.
Official description
Package contains a known Blank Grabber infostealer that starts on importing the module
Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2025-05-pydoxing
Reasons (based on the campaign):
infostealer
exfiltration-generic
obfuscation
exfiltration-browser-data
infostealer:blankgrabber
What should I do about MAL-2025-4230?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.