{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including farooq4321.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2025-1975 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-2025-1975 is a malicious package in farooq4321, published on 4 Feb 2025."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2025-1975 is a malicious package: farooq4321 (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-2025-1975/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-1975/index.md)","id":"MAL-2025-1975","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-1975/index.md","name":"MAL-2025-1975","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"Code in setup.py attempts to call a webhook, but most importantly to execute a revshell\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\nCampaign: 2025-02-farooq4321\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n - The package contains code to create a reverse shell, allowing an attacker to execute any commands on the victim's machine.\n\n - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.","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 farooq4321 (PyPI)","id":"MAL-2025-1975","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":"farooq4321","purl":"pkg:pypi/farooq4321","source":"MAL-2025-1975"}],"products":null,"published":"2025-02-04","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-2025-1975/"}