{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including telepycore.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2025-191889 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-2025-191889 is a malicious package in telepycore, published on 30 Apr 2025."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2025-191889 is a malicious package: telepycore (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-2025-191889/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-191889/index.md)","id":"MAL-2025-191889","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-191889/index.md","name":"MAL-2025-191889","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 can only be used (requires additional triggering) to install a remote executable, ensure it starts on logon and name mimic network service. Though different versions contain different executables, they are mostly identified as malicious by multiple AVs and sandboxes, highlighting adding Defender exclusions and downloading further executables.\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\nCampaign: 2025-04-telepycore\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n - peristence-autorun\n\n - Downloads and executes a remote executable.","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 telepycore (PyPI)","id":"MAL-2025-191889","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":"telepycore","purl":"pkg:pypi/telepycore","source":"MAL-2025-191889"}],"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-2025-191889/"}