{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including lightmock.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-2233 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-2026-2233 is a malicious package in lightmock, published on 26 Mar 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-2233 is a malicious package: lightmock (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-2026-2233/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-2233/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-2233","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-2233/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-2233","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"Clone of a legitimate package. During import, heavily obfuscate code downloads next stages and finally exfiltrates sensitive data, including data from web browsers.\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\nCampaign: 2026-03-lightmock\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n - clones-real-package\n\n - obfuscation\n\n - infostealer\n\n - exfiltration-browser-data\n\n - exfiltration-crypto\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 lightmock (PyPI)","id":"MAL-2026-2233","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":"lightmock","purl":"pkg:pypi/lightmock","source":"MAL-2026-2233"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-03-26","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-2026-2233/"}