{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including crypto-hash-utils.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-3703 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-2026-3703 is a malicious package in crypto-hash-utils, published on 13 May 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-3703 is a malicious package: crypto-hash-utils (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-2026-3703/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-3703/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-3703","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-3703/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-3703","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 installation, package exfiltrates some basic info to a GitHub issue comment, and then attempt to set up a persistent infostealer focused on exfiltrating crypto wallets and browsers data. Likely continuation of 2026-05-py-requests\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\nCampaign: 2025-06-alembic-util\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n - infostealer\n\n - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.\n\n - crypto-related\n\n - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.\n\n - exfiltration-browser-data\n\n - exfiltration-crypto\n\n - persistence\n\n - typosquatting","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 crypto-hash-utils (PyPI)","id":"MAL-2026-3703","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":"crypto-hash-utils","purl":"pkg:pypi/crypto-hash-utils","source":"MAL-2026-3703"}],"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-2026-3703/"}