{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including alpha-booster.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2025-6431 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-2025-6431 is a malicious package in alpha-booster, published on 29 May 2025."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2025-6431 is a malicious package: alpha-booster (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-2025-6431/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-6431/index.md)","id":"MAL-2025-6431","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-6431/index.md","name":"MAL-2025-6431","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 downloads and runs the remote executable. While the current link seems not to work, the previous versions had an embedded infostealer instead.\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\nCampaign: 2025-05-discord-booster\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n - infostealer\n\n - Downloads and executes a remote executable.","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 alpha-booster (PyPI)","id":"MAL-2025-6431","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":"alpha-booster","purl":"pkg:pypi/alpha-booster","source":"MAL-2025-6431"}],"products":null,"published":"2025-05-29","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-2025-6431/"}