{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including amazon-boto.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-3148 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-2026-3148 is a malicious package in amazon-boto, published on 29 Apr 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-3148 is a malicious package: amazon-boto (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-2026-3148/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-3148/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-3148","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-3148/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-3148","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 using the package, the given AWS credentials are silently exfiltrated to a hardcoded location. This incarnation of the long-running campaign was first flagged by OpenSourceMalware https://opensourcemalware.com/pypi/amazon-boto\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\nCampaign: 2025-08-aws-enumerate\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n - exfiltration-generic\n\n - action-hidden-in-lib-usage\n\n - exfiltration-credentials","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 amazon-boto (PyPI)","id":"MAL-2026-3148","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":"amazon-boto","purl":"pkg:pypi/amazon-boto","source":"MAL-2026-3148"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-04-29","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-2026-3148/"}