{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including hooktest-fin.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2025-192685 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-2025-192685 is a malicious package in hooktest-fin, published on 21 Dec 2025."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2025-192685 is a malicious package: hooktest-fin (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-2025-192685/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-192685/index.md)","id":"MAL-2025-192685","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-192685/index.md","name":"MAL-2025-192685","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, a script to execute remote commands through a Discord bot is installed, ensuring its persistence over reboots\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\nCampaign: 2025-11-hooktest1\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.\n\n - The package contains code to execute remote commands (probably limited to a specific set) on the victim's machine.\n\n - rat","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 hooktest-fin (PyPI)","id":"MAL-2025-192685","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":"hooktest-fin","purl":"pkg:pypi/hooktest-fin","source":"MAL-2025-192685"}],"products":null,"published":"2025-12-21","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-2025-192685/"}