pypi package report
Is phpass safe?
Confirmed malicious. Do not install it, and remove it where it has been installed.
Do not install this package
CRITICALanalyst verifiedEnvironment variable exfiltration, part of the ctx-phpass-2022 campaign, verified by a CyberXYZ analyst.
// what we observed
Same campaign as ctx. Dormant PyPI package compromised. Exfiltrated environment variables. May 2022.
- year
- 2022
- mitre ttp
- T1041
// versions and what to do
- Malicious
- 0.1.0
Remove it from every machine and lockfile it reached. Treat any credentials, tokens and SSH keys present on those machines as exposed and rotate them. Check CI runners and container images that installed it.
pip uninstall phpass
// reach
0 direct dependencies
none carry a known advisory
0 packages depend on it
an advisory here reaches each of them
Create a free accountfor every dependency path, dependent and what to upgrade
// ai model usage
No published models are known to use this package.
Checked 2026-10-31 at 00:02 UTC. Updated continuously from NVD, GHSA, OSV and CNA feeds.