MAL-2025-6007 Malicious code in groq-mcp (PyPI)
- Package
- groq-mcp
- Registry
- PyPI
What is MAL-2025-6007?
MAL-2025-6007 is a malicious package in groq-mcp, published on 18 Jul 2025.
Official description
Installing the package or importing the module exfiltrates basic information about the host, and the package has no other purpose.
Category: PROBABLY_PENTEST - Packages looking like typical pentest packages, but also anything that looks like testing, exploring pre-prepared kits, research & co, with clearly low-harm possibilities.
Campaign: GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest
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.
The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'groq-mcp' @ 9.9.9 (pypi) as malicious.
It is considered malicious because:
- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.
What should I do about MAL-2025-6007?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.