{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including platform-telemetry-client.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-16141 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-2026-16141 is a malicious package in platform-telemetry-client, published on 11 Sep 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-16141 is a malicious package: platform-telemetry-client (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-2026-16141/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-16141/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-16141","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-16141/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-16141","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 contains PTH file triggering the loader on every Python initialization. The loader tries to download next stage payload stored in chunks in DNS records. During analysis, the intended domain was not yet registered. The chosen name suggests relation to the campaign 2026-09-openaii.\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\nCampaign: 2026-09-platform-telemetry-client\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n - abuses-pth\n\n - data-stored-in-dns\n\n - obfuscation","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 platform-telemetry-client (PyPI)","id":"MAL-2026-16141","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":"platform-telemetry-client","purl":"pkg:pypi/platform-telemetry-client","source":"MAL-2026-16141"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-09-11","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-2026-16141/"}