{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including smart-scheduler.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2025-191661 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-2025-191661 is a malicious package in smart-scheduler, published on 22 Oct 2025."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2025-191661 is a malicious package: smart-scheduler (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-2025-191661/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-191661/index.md)","id":"MAL-2025-191661","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-191661/index.md","name":"MAL-2025-191661","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 downloads and starts a malicious executable and hides its existence\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\nCampaign: 2025-10-smart-scheduler\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n - Downloads and executes a remote executable.\n\n - exfiltration-generic\n\n - obfuscation\n\n - The package contains code to detect if it is running in a sandbox environment.","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 smart-scheduler (PyPI)","id":"MAL-2025-191661","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":"smart-scheduler","purl":"pkg:pypi/smart-scheduler","source":"MAL-2025-191661"}],"products":null,"published":"2025-10-22","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-2025-191661/"}