{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including md5-en.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2025-191649 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-2025-191649 is a malicious package in md5-en, published on 15 Oct 2025."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2025-191649 is a malicious package: md5-en (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-2025-191649/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-191649/index.md)","id":"MAL-2025-191649","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-191649/index.md","name":"MAL-2025-191649","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"Code downloads and starts an executable widely recognized as malware, then sends some results to a Telegram webhook.\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\nCampaign: 2025-10-md5-en\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n - malware\n\n - Downloads and executes a remote executable.\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 md5-en (PyPI)","id":"MAL-2025-191649","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":"md5-en","purl":"pkg:pypi/md5-en","source":"MAL-2025-191649"}],"products":null,"published":"2025-10-15","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-2025-191649/"}