{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including open-vp-cal.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-2138 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-2026-2138 is a malicious package in open-vp-cal, published on 24 Mar 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-2138 is a malicious package: open-vp-cal (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-2026-2138/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-2138/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-2138","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-2138/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-2138","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"When executing the module, the code installs a package from a remote location. The remote package contains malicious code exfiltrating selected env variables and selected information from credential files. The code claims to be security research.\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\nCampaign: 2026-03-open-vp-cal\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n - exfiltration-env-variables\n\n - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.\n\n - The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.","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 open-vp-cal (PyPI)","id":"MAL-2026-2138","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":"open-vp-cal","purl":"pkg:pypi/open-vp-cal","source":"MAL-2026-2138"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-03-24","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-2026-2138/"}