{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including pyrechoasr.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-17916 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-2026-17916 is a malicious package in pyrechoasr, published on 17 Oct 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-17916 is a malicious package: pyrechoasr (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-2026-17916/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-17916/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-17916","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-17916/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-17916","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"Package pyrechoasr version 0.1.0 on PyPI contains 6 files. No install-time or import-time network I/O, credential access, subprocess execution of fetched content, or other installer-facing harmful behavior was identified in the shipped contents. No lifecycle hooks or top-level side effects of concern were observed.\n\nThe package belongs to a series of packages falsely advertising 'audio-analysis profiles' loader. In fact, the only purpose is to execute remote code, but the URL is not embedded in the package. It is likely a continuation of the coin-mining campaign 2026-10-voxeval which used similar wording.\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\nCampaign: 2026-10-emberlytts\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n - other\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 pyrechoasr (PyPI)","id":"MAL-2026-17916","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":"pyrechoasr","purl":"pkg:pypi/pyrechoasr","source":"MAL-2026-17916"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-10-17","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-2026-17916/"}