{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including botbooster.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-1097 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-2026-1097 is a malicious package in botbooster, published on 1 Mar 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-1097 is a malicious package: botbooster (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-2026-1097/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-1097/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-1097","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-1097/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-1097","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"When using the provided function, code exfiltrates the sensitive token from local settings.json to the hardcoded location.\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\nCampaign: 2026-02-old-botbooster\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n - exfiltration-credentials","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 botbooster (PyPI)","id":"MAL-2026-1097","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":"botbooster","purl":"pkg:pypi/botbooster","source":"MAL-2026-1097"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-03-01","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-2026-1097/"}