{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including randomstringgen.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-1089 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-2026-1089 is a malicious package in randomstringgen, published on 28 Feb 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-1089 is a malicious package: randomstringgen (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-2026-1089/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-1089/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-1089","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-1089/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-1089","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"Using the provided function results in exfiltrating the current running file (likely the user's script) to the hardcoded location.\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\nCampaign: 2026-02-old-randomstringgen\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n - files-exfiltration\n\n - action-hidden-in-lib-usage","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 randomstringgen (PyPI)","id":"MAL-2026-1089","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":"randomstringgen","purl":"pkg:pypi/randomstringgen","source":"MAL-2026-1089"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-02-28","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-2026-1089/"}