{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including win-update-helper-tool-v2.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-3246 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-2026-3246 is a malicious package in win-update-helper-tool-v2, published on 3 May 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-3246 is a malicious package: win-update-helper-tool-v2 (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-2026-3246/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-3246/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-3246","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-3246/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-3246","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"If run as a module, the code runs code to silently control the device via Telegram bot (execute commands, exfiltrate files).\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\nCampaign: 2026-05-system-update-tool\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n - rat\n\n - The package contains code to execute remote commands (probably limited to a specific set) on the victim's machine.\n\n - files-exfiltration\n\n - peristence-autorun\n\n - persistence\n\n - impersonation","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 win-update-helper-tool-v2 (PyPI)","id":"MAL-2026-3246","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":"win-update-helper-tool-v2","purl":"pkg:pypi/win-update-helper-tool-v2","source":"MAL-2026-3246"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-05-03","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-2026-3246/"}