{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including spark-ml-utilities.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-1224 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-2026-1224 is a malicious package in spark-ml-utilities, published on 3 Mar 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-1224 is a malicious package: spark-ml-utilities (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-2026-1224/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-1224/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-1224","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-1224/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-1224","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 downloads and runs remote executables in specific environments. In some packages in the campaign, the code only attempts to exfiltrate some basic information using DNS requests and then likely cover tracks by installing a similarly named package from private repository\n\nRelated campaigns: 2026-02-spark-audit-notify, 2026-03-geekennedy\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 spark-ml-utilities (PyPI)","id":"MAL-2026-1224","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":"spark-ml-utilities","purl":"pkg:pypi/spark-ml-utilities","source":"MAL-2026-1224"}],"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-2026-1224/"}