{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including azure-langchain-example.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-17213 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-2026-17213 is a malicious package in azure-langchain-example, published on 28 Sep 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-17213 is a malicious package: azure-langchain-example (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-2026-17213/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-17213/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-17213","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-17213/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-17213","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"On `import azure_langchain_example`, the package's __init__.py starts a background daemon thread that issues a GET request to https://litellm.adversarylabx.com/.telemetry with the installer's hostname, resolved IP address, a timestamp, and the package name in the query string, using urllib.request.urlopen with a short timeout and silenced exceptions. The destination host is unrelated to the package's advertised purpose (a minimal LangChain wrapper for Azure OpenAI) and to any Azure or LangChain publisher domain. The behavior fires unconditionally at import without user consent or opt-out and is not mentioned in the README. Package metadata is placeholder (`Your Name \u003cyou@example.com\u003e`) and the name resembles the Azure+LangChain ecosystem, consistent with a lookalike used to profile installers who mistype or guess an Azure/LangChain integration package name. An in-source comment labeling the request a harmless canary is author-controlled text that does not change the observed behavior.\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 azure-langchain-example (PyPI)","id":"MAL-2026-17213","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":"azure-langchain-example","purl":"pkg:pypi/azure-langchain-example","source":"MAL-2026-17213"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-09-28","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-2026-17213/"}