{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including py-wormgpt.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-17886 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-2026-17886 is a malicious package in py-wormgpt, published on 15 Oct 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-17886 is a malicious package: py-wormgpt (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-2026-17886/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-17886/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-17886","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-17886/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-17886","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 installs a persistent job that allows the attacker for exfiltrating files and executing remote code on the victim's machine.\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\nCampaign: 2026-10-agentaix\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n - files-exfiltration\n\n - peristence-autorun\n\n - The package contains code to execute remote commands (probably limited to a specific set) on the victim's machine.\n\n - rat\n\n - persistence\n\n - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.","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 py-wormgpt (PyPI)","id":"MAL-2026-17886","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":"py-wormgpt","purl":"pkg:pypi/py-wormgpt","source":"MAL-2026-17886"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-10-15","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-2026-17886/"}