{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including do-not-install-this-package-002.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-163 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-2026-163 is a malicious package in do-not-install-this-package-002, published on 8 Jan 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-163 is a malicious package: do-not-install-this-package-002 (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-2026-163/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-163/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-163","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-163/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-163","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 exfiltrates env variables and data from different process memory to  a remote location\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\nCampaign: 2026-01-do-not-install-this-package-002\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n - exfiltration-generic\n\n - exfiltration-credentials\n\n - exfiltration-env-variables\n\n - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.\n\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'do-not-install-this-package-002' @ 0.1.0 (pypi) as malicious.\n\nIt is considered malicious because:\n\n- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.\n\n- The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.","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 do-not-install-this-package-002 (PyPI)","id":"MAL-2026-163","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":"do-not-install-this-package-002","purl":"pkg:pypi/do-not-install-this-package-002","source":"MAL-2026-163"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-01-08","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-2026-163/"}