{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including rich-util.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-3659 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-2026-3659 is a malicious package in rich-util, published on 13 May 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-3659 is a malicious package: rich-util (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-2026-3659/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-3659/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-3659","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-3659/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-3659","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 installs persistent malware acting as Rat, with the focus of stealing data and modifying copied cryptowallet addresses.\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\nCampaign: 2026-05-py-requests\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n - rat\n\n - typosquatting\n\n - persistence\n\n - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.\n\n - crypto-related\n\n - clipboard-modify\n\n - exfiltration-browser-data\n\n - exfiltration-crypto\n\n - infostealer","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 rich-util (PyPI)","id":"MAL-2026-3659","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":"rich-util","purl":"pkg:pypi/rich-util","source":"MAL-2026-3659"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-05-13","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-2026-3659/"}