{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including terminalbrush.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-444 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-2026-444 is a malicious package in terminalbrush, published on 21 Jan 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-444 is a malicious package: terminalbrush (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-2026-444/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-444/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-444","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-444/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-444","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 downloads an executable, places it distinguished as a Python binary and starts it. At the time of analysis, the URL was no longer active, so it was not possible to confirm the exact behaviour.\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\nCampaign: 2026-01-old-terminalbrush\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n - Downloads and executes a remote executable.","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 terminalbrush (PyPI)","id":"MAL-2026-444","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":"terminalbrush","purl":"pkg:pypi/terminalbrush","source":"MAL-2026-444"}],"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-2026-444/"}