MAL-2025-191661 Malicious code in smart-scheduler (PyPI)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2025-191661 is a malicious package: smart-scheduler (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-2025-191661/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-191661/index.md)
- Package
- smart-scheduler
- Registry
- PyPI
What is MAL-2025-191661?
MAL-2025-191661 is a malicious package in smart-scheduler, published on 22 Oct 2025.
Official description
Package downloads and starts a malicious executable and hides its existence
Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2025-10-smart-scheduler
Reasons (based on the campaign):
Downloads and executes a remote executable.
exfiltration-generic
obfuscation
The package contains code to detect if it is running in a sandbox environment.
What should I do about MAL-2025-191661?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.