{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including optimal-spark-config.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-1222 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-2026-1222 is a malicious package in optimal-spark-config, published on 3 Mar 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-1222 is a malicious package: optimal-spark-config (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-2026-1222/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-1222/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-1222","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-1222/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-1222","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"During installation, the package starts obfuscated code that attempts to exfiltrate some basic information using DNS requests and then likely cover tracks by installing a similarly named package from private repository\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\nCampaign: 2026-02-urllib-slim\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n - typosquatting\n\n - Downloads and executes a remote executable.\n\n - obfuscation\n\n - dependency-confusion","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 optimal-spark-config (PyPI)","id":"MAL-2026-1222","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":"optimal-spark-config","purl":"pkg:pypi/optimal-spark-config","source":"MAL-2026-1222"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-03-03","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-2026-1222/"}