{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including kdewebhelper.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2025-191772 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-2025-191772 is a malicious package in kdewebhelper, published on 20 Nov 2025."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2025-191772 is a malicious package: kdewebhelper (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-2025-191772/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-191772/index.md)","id":"MAL-2025-191772","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-191772/index.md","name":"MAL-2025-191772","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"Importing the module connects to a Telegram bot and provides its operator with abilities to execute commands, exfiltrate and encrypt data. The target group seems to be KDE developers, according to the package description\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\nCampaign: 2025-11-kdewebhelper\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n - exfiltration-generic\n\n - The package contains code to execute remote commands (probably limited to a specific set) on the victim's machine.\n\n - exfiltration-credentials\n\n - rat","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 kdewebhelper (PyPI)","id":"MAL-2025-191772","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":"kdewebhelper","purl":"pkg:pypi/kdewebhelper","source":"MAL-2025-191772"}],"products":null,"published":"2025-11-20","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-2025-191772/"}