{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including privaton-beacon-img-8f3603448690bdde-png.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-2201 in the wild and no public exploit code.","exposure":"","fix":"Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.","what":"MAL-2026-2201 is a malicious package in privaton-beacon-img-8f3603448690bdde-png, published on 24 Mar 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-2201 is a malicious package: privaton-beacon-img-8f3603448690bdde-png (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-2026-2201/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-2201/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-2201","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-2201/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-2201","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"This package is an install-time-executable sdist that uses setup.py paired with an opaque data.bin payload and a beacon name.","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 privaton-beacon-img-8f3603448690bdde-png (PyPI)","id":"MAL-2026-2201","indexable":false,"kev":null,"kind":"malicious","links":{"ecosystem":"PyPI","product":null,"products":[],"type":null,"year":"2026"},"n_packages":1,"n_references":null,"nickname":null,"packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","fixed":[],"introduced":[],"last_affected":[],"package":"privaton-beacon-img-8f3603448690bdde-png","purl":"pkg:pypi/privaton-beacon-img-8f3603448690bdde-png","source":"MAL-2026-2201"}],"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-2026-2201/"}