{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including test-package-avinav.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2025-5837 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-2025-5837 is a malicious package in test-package-avinav, published on 12 Jul 2025."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2025-5837 is a malicious package: test-package-avinav (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-2025-5837/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-5837/index.md)","id":"MAL-2025-5837","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-5837/index.md","name":"MAL-2025-5837","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 heavily obfuscated code is executed. Exact behaviour unclear\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\nCampaign: 2025-07-test-package-avinav\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n - obfuscation\n\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'test-package-avinav' @ 0.0.1 (pypi) as malicious.\n\nIt is considered malicious because:\n\n- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.","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 test-package-avinav (PyPI)","id":"MAL-2025-5837","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":"test-package-avinav","purl":"pkg:pypi/test-package-avinav","source":"MAL-2025-5837"}],"products":null,"published":"2025-07-12","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-2025-5837/"}