{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including crto0.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2025-6487 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-2025-6487 is a malicious package in crto0, published on 15 Jul 2025."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2025-6487 is a malicious package: crto0 (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-2025-6487/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-6487/index.md)","id":"MAL-2025-6487","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-6487/index.md","name":"MAL-2025-6487","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 starts downloading or decrypting, and then executing an executable being a wide recognized malware/Infostealer (Redline family)\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\nCampaign: 2025-07-crpt\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n - infostealer\n\n - Downloads and executes a remote executable.\n\n - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.\n\n - exfiltration-crypto\n\n - malware","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 crto0 (PyPI)","id":"MAL-2025-6487","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":"crto0","purl":"pkg:pypi/crto0","source":"MAL-2025-6487"}],"products":null,"published":"2025-07-15","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-2025-6487/"}