{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including synium.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2025-192438 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-2025-192438 is a malicious package in synium, published on 10 Dec 2025."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2025-192438 is a malicious package: synium (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-2025-192438/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-192438/index.md)","id":"MAL-2025-192438","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-192438/index.md","name":"MAL-2025-192438","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 import, package exfiltrates specific global variables to a remote target in a way typical for infostealers\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\nCampaign: 2025-12-synium\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n - exfiltration-credentials\n\n - exfiltration-generic","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 synium (PyPI)","id":"MAL-2025-192438","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":"synium","purl":"pkg:pypi/synium","source":"MAL-2025-192438"}],"products":null,"published":"2025-12-10","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-2025-192438/"}