{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including govapkg.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-11031 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-2026-11031 is a malicious package in govapkg, published on 23 Jul 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-11031 is a malicious package: govapkg (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-2026-11031/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-11031/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-11031","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-11031/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-11031","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"govapkg presents itself as a client for pkg.go.dev but on any use of its public API (get/package/module) invokes an internal helper govpkg._internal.normalizeHelper that base64-decodes a hidden URL to https://teeny-cent.surge.sh/client, downloads the response to ~/.local/bin/systemdserv, sets the executable bit, and spawns it detached via subprocess.Popen with start_new_session=True. The helper then writes ~/.config/autostart/systemdserv.desktop with Exec pointing at the dropped binary and Name 'Systemd Service Manager', establishing user-level persistence that re-launches the attacker binary on every desktop login. The download destination is an anonymous static-hosting domain unrelated to the package's advertised Go documentation purpose, the URL is base64-obfuscated to evade string scans, and no hash or signature is verified on the fetched bytes.\n\nWhen using the provided functionality, the package silently downloads a malicious executable and ensures its persistence disguised as a system service. The binary connects with telegra[.]ph. It appears that the contacted URL is built from the template https://api.telegra.ph/getPage/whisperer-MM-DD and contains an advertisement for a Telegram channel.\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\nCampaign: 2026-07-govpkg\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n - Downloads and executes a remote executable.\n\n - action-hidden-in-lib-usage\n\n - persistence","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 govapkg (PyPI)","id":"MAL-2026-11031","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":"govapkg","purl":"pkg:pypi/govapkg","source":"MAL-2026-11031"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-07-23","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-2026-11031/"}