{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including spellcheckpy.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-441 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-2026-441 is a malicious package in spellcheckpy, published on 21 Jan 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-441 is a malicious package: spellcheckpy (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-2026-441/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-441/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-441","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-441/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-441","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"Packages contain hidden code that is effectively run during importing or using the library, and downloads second stage code. Then, a process running in background periodically connects to a remote host and waits for next code to execute\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\nCampaign: 2025-11-spellcheckers\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n - obfuscation\n\n - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.\n\n - The package contains code to execute remote commands (probably limited to a specific set) on the victim's machine.","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 spellcheckpy (PyPI)","id":"MAL-2026-441","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":"spellcheckpy","purl":"pkg:pypi/spellcheckpy","source":"MAL-2026-441"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-01-21","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-2026-441/"}