{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including pdatainstaller.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-26 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-2026-26 is a malicious package in pdatainstaller, published on 2 Jan 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-26 is a malicious package: pdatainstaller (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-2026-26/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-26/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-26","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-26/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-26","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, but the script itself seems to be broken (missing or wrong URLs). It's most probably a test before next packages with real malicious content.\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 malicious script.\n\n - malware\n\n - Downloads and executes a remote executable.","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 pdatainstaller (PyPI)","id":"MAL-2026-26","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":"pdatainstaller","purl":"pkg:pypi/pdatainstaller","source":"MAL-2026-26"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-01-02","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-2026-26/"}