{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including utf-cleaner.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2025-73 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-2025-73 is a malicious package in utf-cleaner, published on 10 Jan 2025."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2025-73 is a malicious package: utf-cleaner (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-2025-73/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-73/index.md)","id":"MAL-2025-73","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-73/index.md","name":"MAL-2025-73","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 import, the package silently downloads and executes remote code. This code starts a web server in the separate process and listens for commands to execute from a C2 server, as well as periodically sends a beacon to C2 allowing discovery and finishing execution.\n\nThis package is closely related to Github repository https://github.com/xcummins/tg-outline-seller/ from the same author, where it's used as dependency effectively compromising its users.\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\nCampaign: 2026-03-old-utf-cleaner\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.\n\n - The package contains code to execute remote commands (probably limited to a specific set) on the victim's machine.\n\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'utf-cleaner' @ 3.4.1 (pypi) as malicious.\n\nIt is considered malicious because:\n\n- The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.","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 utf-cleaner (PyPI)","id":"MAL-2025-73","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":"utf-cleaner","purl":"pkg:pypi/utf-cleaner","source":"MAL-2025-73"}],"products":null,"published":"2025-01-10","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-2025-73/"}