{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including cti-ctf-challenges.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2025-191709 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-2025-191709 is a malicious package in cti-ctf-challenges, published on 9 Sep 2025."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2025-191709 is a malicious package: cti-ctf-challenges (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-2025-191709/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-191709/index.md)","id":"MAL-2025-191709","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-191709/index.md","name":"MAL-2025-191709","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"If the method from the module is called, it attempts to download a malicious code (identified as msf payload) and save it locally. In the analysed version, the code starting the malicious code was commented out.\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\nCampaign: 2025-07-web3dummycti\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n - The package contains code to create a reverse shell, allowing an attacker to execute any commands on the victim's machine.\n\n - action-hidden-in-lib-usage\n\n - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.","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 cti-ctf-challenges (PyPI)","id":"MAL-2025-191709","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":"cti-ctf-challenges","purl":"pkg:pypi/cti-ctf-challenges","source":"MAL-2025-191709"}],"products":null,"published":"2025-09-09","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-2025-191709/"}