{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including abseil-py.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-10760 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-2026-10760 is a malicious package in abseil-py, published on 16 Jul 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-10760 is a malicious package: abseil-py (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-2026-10760/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-10760/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-10760","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-10760/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-10760","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"Distribution name `abseil-py` name-squats Google's widely-used `absl-py` (Abseil Python common libraries); the import name `abseil_py` also differs from the legitimate `absl` module. During `bdist_wheel`, setup.py walks the parent-process chain via psutil and matches process names against a hardcoded list of AI coding agent markers (claude-code, codex, cursor, gemini, grok, copilot, aider, opencode, qwen, amazon-q). On a match, `_report()` POSTs a JSON payload containing the package name, event, matched agent label, and timestamp to the hardcoded endpoint `https://vero-research.com/` using `urllib.request.urlopen` with a spoofed browser User-Agent. The __init__ prints a 'research study' disclaimer only after installation has already occurred and the beacon has fired. The behavior transmits information about the installer's environment (which AI coding tool triggered the install) to an author-controlled third-party endpoint without prior disclosure or opt-out.\n\nInstalling the package or importing the module exfiltrates basic information about the host, and the package has no other purpose.\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: GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n - The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.\n\n - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.","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 abseil-py (PyPI)","id":"MAL-2026-10760","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"malicious","links":{"ecosystem":"PyPI","product":null,"products":[],"type":null,"year":"2026"},"n_packages":1,"n_references":null,"packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","fixed":[],"introduced":[],"last_affected":[],"package":"abseil-py","purl":"pkg:pypi/abseil-py","source":"MAL-2026-10760"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-07-16","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-2026-10760/"}