{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including brookworker.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-18224 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-2026-18224 is a malicious package in brookworker, published on 23 Oct 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-18224 is a malicious package: brookworker (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-2026-18224/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-18224/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-18224","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-18224/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-18224","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 brookworker 0.1.0 was examined and no credential theft, install-time or import-time code execution, outbound network beacons, dropper behavior, backdoor, silent-relay, or self-propagation mechanisms were identified in its shipped files. No lifecycle hooks or build-backend network I/O were observed.\n\nThis campaign consists of similar loader packages, which provide executing code from a given URL. While they do not contain the malicious payload and the usage remains unknown, they are clearly a coordinated campaign to place multiple deceptive ways to load malicious code.\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\nCampaign: 2026-10-voice-synthesis-profiles\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 brookworker (PyPI)","id":"MAL-2026-18224","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":"brookworker","purl":"pkg:pypi/brookworker","source":"MAL-2026-18224"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-10-23","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-2026-18224/"}