{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including ailaunchkit.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-11416 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-2026-11416 is a malicious package in ailaunchkit, published on 31 Jul 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-11416 is a malicious package: ailaunchkit (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-2026-11416/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-11416/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-11416","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-11416/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-11416","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"Package ailaunchkit version 0.1.2 on PyPI was scanned across 6 files with no static-rule matches and no traced behaviors indicating exfiltration, install-time remote code execution, silent relay, credential distribution, backdoor, or self-propagation. No lifecycle or import-time code paths were observed reading installer secrets, contacting attacker-controlled destinations, or fetching and executing remote content.\n\nIn this campaign, some packages (e.g. cognikit, aiassistcore) are pulled as dependencies and contain the C2 configuration and the malicious functionality, while others (like aichannel) provide fake functionality and silently execute malicious actions from dependencies. The malicious functionality is oriented to replace the copied cryptocurrency wallet addresses with these controlled by the attacker and downloaded from the C2 server, exfiltrating browser data, establishing a remote control over the device, placing malicious extensions in browsers. \n\nIoCs are consistent with those previously attributed to North Korea's \"Contagious Interview\" campaign. The known TTP suggest these packages are used as dependencies in malicious interview assessments or cryptocurrency projects.\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\nCampaign: 2026-07-cognikit\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n - crypto-related\n\n - The malicious code is intentionally included in a dependency of the package\n\n - keylogger\n\n - clipboard-modify\n\n - exfiltration-browser-data\n\n - persistence\n\n - rat\n\n - The package contains code to execute remote commands (probably limited to a specific set) on the victim's machine.","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 ailaunchkit (PyPI)","id":"MAL-2026-11416","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":"ailaunchkit","purl":"pkg:pypi/ailaunchkit","source":"MAL-2026-11416"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-07-31","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-2026-11416/"}