{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including legendevil1.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-256 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-2026-256 is a malicious package in legendevil1, published on 14 Jan 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-256 is a malicious package: legendevil1 (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-2026-256/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-256/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-256","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-256/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-256","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 is designed to download and execute a remote script, which then downloads and runs a malicious executable\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\nCampaign: 2025-12-pdatainstaller\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n - Downloads and executes a remote executable.\n\n - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.\n\n - malware","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 legendevil1 (PyPI)","id":"MAL-2026-256","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":"legendevil1","purl":"pkg:pypi/legendevil1","source":"MAL-2026-256"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-01-14","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-2026-256/"}