MAL-2025-928 Malicious code in gandon-pidar1 (PyPI)
- Package
- gandon-pidar1
- Registry
- PyPI
What is MAL-2025-928?
MAL-2025-928 is a malicious package in gandon-pidar1, published on 5 Aug 2024.
Official description
Package uses the template from https://github.com/thegoodhackertv/malpip to explore building malicious PyPI packages.
Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: SCRIPT_KIDDIE-thegoodhacker-paquete
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.
Package uses simple pre-prepared tools to create a low-quality malicious action.
What should I do about MAL-2025-928?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.