{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including runtimeutils.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2025-192686 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-2025-192686 is a malicious package in runtimeutils, published on 21 Dec 2025."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2025-192686 is a malicious package: runtimeutils (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-2025-192686/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-192686/index.md)","id":"MAL-2025-192686","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-192686/index.md","name":"MAL-2025-192686","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"Importing the module, downloads and starts a malicious executable identified as infostealer.\n\nBased on Telegram links, this is related to the 2025-12-synium campaign, but uses slightly different techniques.\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\nCampaign: 2025-12-runtimeutils\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n - malware\n\n - Downloads and executes a remote executable.\n\n - infostealer","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 runtimeutils (PyPI)","id":"MAL-2025-192686","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":"runtimeutils","purl":"pkg:pypi/runtimeutils","source":"MAL-2025-192686"}],"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-2025-192686/"}