{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including libasync.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-14308 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-2026-14308 is a malicious package in libasync, published on 19 Aug 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-14308 is a malicious package: libasync (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-2026-14308/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-14308/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-14308","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-14308/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-14308","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"The package was found to contain malicious code or consuming dependency that contains malicious code\n\nDuring import, the code obfuscated in native extension downloads malicious remote executable and establishes persistence via registry keys. Downloaded binary seems to be used for cryptomining.\n\n Attacker infrastructure corresponds with the campaign 2026-07-pyqt6darktheme.\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\nCampaign: 2026-08-libasync\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n - Downloads and executes a remote executable.\n\n - obfuscation\n\n - The package contains code to detect if it is running in a sandbox environment.\n\n - native-extension\n\n - persistence\n\n - cryptominer","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 libasync (PyPI)","id":"MAL-2026-14308","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":"libasync","purl":"pkg:pypi/libasync","source":"MAL-2026-14308"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-08-19","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-2026-14308/"}