{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including nspacercesolve.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2025-191805 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-2025-191805 is a malicious package in nspacercesolve, published on 22 Nov 2025."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2025-191805 is a malicious package: nspacercesolve (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-2025-191805/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-191805/index.md)","id":"MAL-2025-191805","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-191805/index.md","name":"MAL-2025-191805","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"During installation, the package looks for a flag file and exfiltrates it. Similar content is in the __main__ file. There is no other purpose of the package\n\n---\n\nCategory: PROBABLY_PENTEST - Packages looking like typical pentest packages, but also anything that looks like testing, exploring pre-prepared kits, research \u0026 co, with clearly low-harm possibilities.\n\nCampaign: 2025-11-nspacercesolve\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n - The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.\n\n - other\n\n - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.","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 nspacercesolve (PyPI)","id":"MAL-2025-191805","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":"nspacercesolve","purl":"pkg:pypi/nspacercesolve","source":"MAL-2025-191805"}],"products":null,"published":"2025-11-22","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-2025-191805/"}