MAL-2025-5112 Malicious code in discorddox (PyPI)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2025-5112 is a malicious package: discorddox (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-2025-5112/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-5112/index.md)
- Package
- discorddox
- Registry
- PyPI
What is MAL-2025-5112?
MAL-2025-5112 is a malicious package in discorddox, published on 12 May 2025.
Official description
The package contains an embedded malicious executable (probably blank grabber) started when running the module.
Probably continuation of 2025-05-pydoxing
Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2025-05-telegramdoxing
Reasons (based on the campaign):
infostealer
infostealer:blankgrabber
What should I do about MAL-2025-5112?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.