{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including aws-glue.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2025-2940 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-2025-2940 is a malicious package in aws-glue, published on 14 Jan 2025."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2025-2940 is a malicious package: aws-glue (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-2025-2940/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-2940/index.md)","id":"MAL-2025-2940","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-2940/index.md","name":"MAL-2025-2940","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"This is a couple of packages with names appearing to be a library for an AWS or other service. Their only behaviour is to call home on installation or import\n\n---\n\nCategory: PROBABLY_PENTEST - Packages looking like typical pentest packages, but also anything that looks like testing, exploring pre-prepared kits, research \u0026 co, with clearly low-harm possibilities.\n\nCampaign: 2025-01-aws-glue\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n - dependency-confusion","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 aws-glue (PyPI)","id":"MAL-2025-2940","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":"aws-glue","purl":"pkg:pypi/aws-glue","source":"MAL-2025-2940"}],"products":null,"published":"2025-01-14","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-2025-2940/"}