MAL-2025-6478 Malicious code in cloudscrapersafe (PyPI)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2025-6478 is a malicious package: cloudscrapersafe (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-2025-6478/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-6478/index.md)
- Package
- cloudscrapersafe
- Registry
- PyPI
What is MAL-2025-6478?
MAL-2025-6478 is a malicious package in cloudscrapersafe, published on 6 Jul 2025.
Official description
During processing the user requests, the package looks for URLs related to checkouts using services:
- credomatic.compassmerchantsolutions.com
- checkout.baccredomatic.com and exfiltrates given credit card numbers, verification codes etc. Interestingly, it checks even 3DS responses.
Clone of the legitimate "cloudscraper" package.
Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2025-07-cloudscrapersafe
Reasons (based on the campaign):
action-hidden-in-lib-usage
exfiltration-generic
clones-real-package
What should I do about MAL-2025-6478?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.