{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including txwrap.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-3619 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-2026-3619 is a malicious package in txwrap, published on 12 May 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-3619 is a malicious package: txwrap (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-2026-3619/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-3619/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-3619","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-3619/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-3619","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"During importing, the remote code is downloaded. It then exfiltrates cryptocurrency wallet data to a hardcoded location and places a backdoor through a new authorized SSH key. Information about the placed backdoor is sent back to the attacker, and sshd configuration is adjusted to ensure the successful remote connection.\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\nCampaign: 2026-05-ninja-core-utils\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n - backdoor\n\n - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.\n\n - obfuscation\n\n - crypto-related\n\n - exfiltration-crypto","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 txwrap (PyPI)","id":"MAL-2026-3619","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":"txwrap","purl":"pkg:pypi/txwrap","source":"MAL-2026-3619"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-05-12","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-2026-3619/"}