{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including conn-utils.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2025-191706 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-2025-191706 is a malicious package in conn-utils, published on 27 Mar 2025."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2025-191706 is a malicious package: conn-utils (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-2025-191706/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-191706/index.md)","id":"MAL-2025-191706","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-191706/index.md","name":"MAL-2025-191706","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"Already during the installation, the file with slightly obfuscated code is loaded and starts exfiltrating information about the host. It especially targets information about additional indexes configured for pip. Data is exfiltrated using DNS queries\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\nCampaign: 2025-03-conn-utils\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n - exfiltration-generic\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 conn-utils (PyPI)","id":"MAL-2025-191706","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":"conn-utils","purl":"pkg:pypi/conn-utils","source":"MAL-2025-191706"}],"products":null,"published":"2025-03-27","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-2025-191706/"}