{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including prof-qux.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2025-191821 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-2025-191821 is a malicious package in prof-qux, published on 26 Jul 2025."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2025-191821 is a malicious package: prof-qux (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-2025-191821/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-191821/index.md)","id":"MAL-2025-191821","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-191821/index.md","name":"MAL-2025-191821","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 silently exfiltrates user's credentials ahead of starting the promised functionality. First batch used simple code, the newer attempt to hide functionality by using compiled modules\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\nCampaign: 2025-07-prof-quotex\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n - action-hidden-in-lib-usage\n\n - A Telegram webhook is used to send collected data.\n\n - exfiltration-credentials","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 prof-qux (PyPI)","id":"MAL-2025-191821","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":"prof-qux","purl":"pkg:pypi/prof-qux","source":"MAL-2025-191821"}],"products":null,"published":"2025-07-26","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-2025-191821/"}