{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including python-rootpath.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2025-191841 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-2025-191841 is a malicious package in python-rootpath, published on 12 Nov 2025."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2025-191841 is a malicious package: python-rootpath (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-2025-191841/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-191841/index.md)","id":"MAL-2025-191841","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-191841/index.md","name":"MAL-2025-191841","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"Hidden code downloads, saves and import a remote script. The package itself is a clone of a legitimate \"rootpath\". At the time of analysis, the remote script did not do any harmful action\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\nCampaign: 2025-11-python-rootpath\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.\n\n - clones-real-package","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 python-rootpath (PyPI)","id":"MAL-2025-191841","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":"python-rootpath","purl":"pkg:pypi/python-rootpath","source":"MAL-2025-191841"}],"products":null,"published":"2025-11-12","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-2025-191841/"}