{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including benign-lib.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2025-191620 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.","what":"MAL-2025-191620 is a malicious package in benign-lib, published on 25 Oct 2025."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2025-191620 is a malicious package: benign-lib (PyPI). Every version was published to cause harm.\n\nTask:\n1. Search this repository's dependency manifests and lockfiles for the package, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If it is present, remove it, regenerate the lockfile with the project's package manager, and replace whatever it was used for.\n3. List any CI runners, developer machines or containers that installed it, so their secrets can be rotated.\n4. If the package is not used anywhere, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-191620/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-191620/index.md)","id":"MAL-2025-191620","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-191620/index.md","name":"MAL-2025-191620","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"Package hides an executable inside, and starts it when imported. The sandbox analysis shows only starting a calculator, which suggests it's a research attempt without a big harm.\n\n---\n\nCategory: PROBABLY_PENTEST - Packages looking like typical pentest packages, but also anything that looks like testing, exploring pre-prepared kits, research \u0026 co, with clearly low-harm possibilities.\n\nCampaign: 2025-10-benign-lib\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n - malware\n\n - obfuscation","ecosystems":["PyPI"],"exploits":{"exploitdb":null,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":null,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":null,"nuclei":null,"refs":[],"tier":null},"has_fix":false,"headline":"Malicious code in benign-lib (PyPI)","id":"MAL-2025-191620","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"malicious","links":{"ecosystem":"PyPI","product":null,"products":[],"type":null,"year":"2025"},"n_packages":1,"n_references":null,"packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","fixed":[],"introduced":[],"last_affected":[],"package":"benign-lib","purl":"pkg:pypi/benign-lib","source":"MAL-2025-191620"}],"products":null,"published":"2025-10-25","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"Apache-2.0","name":"OpenSSF Malicious Packages","prefix":"MAL"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":null,"updated":null,"vendors":null},"summary":null,"url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-191620/"}