{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including helmet-fastapi.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2025-191752 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-2025-191752 is a malicious package in helmet-fastapi, published on 30 Apr 2025."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2025-191752 is a malicious package: helmet-fastapi (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-2025-191752/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-191752/index.md)","id":"MAL-2025-191752","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-191752/index.md","name":"MAL-2025-191752","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 contains hidden code adding a backdoor - a WebSocket path handler which will execute commands sent by an attacker knowing the path. In addition, it adds a log handler to remove related access logs.\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\nCampaign: 2025-04-helmet-fastapi\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n - backdoor\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 helmet-fastapi (PyPI)","id":"MAL-2025-191752","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":"helmet-fastapi","purl":"pkg:pypi/helmet-fastapi","source":"MAL-2025-191752"}],"products":null,"published":"2025-04-30","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-2025-191752/"}