MAL-2025-47875 Malicious code in tikweb (PyPI)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2025-47875 is a malicious package: tikweb (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-2025-47875/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-47875/index.md)
- Package
- tikweb
- Registry
- PyPI
What is MAL-2025-47875?
MAL-2025-47875 is a malicious package in tikweb, published on 1 Oct 2025.
Official description
This malicious package claims to interact with TikTok web features programmatically, but runs malicious obfuscated code upon import and via other modules.
What should I do about MAL-2025-47875?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.