{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including code-transfering-4.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-446 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-2026-446 is a malicious package in code-transfering-4, published on 21 Jan 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-446 is a malicious package: code-transfering-4 (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-2026-446/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-446/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-446","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-446/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-446","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 that might be part of testing for pentesting / malicious activity / joy, with suspicious activity that does not present any real harm.\n\n---\n\nCategory: PROBABLY_PENTEST - Packages looking like typical pentest packages, but also anything that looks like testing, exploring pre-prepared kits, research \u0026 co, with clearly low-harm possibilities.\n\nCampaign: GENERIC-simple-tests\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.","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 code-transfering-4 (PyPI)","id":"MAL-2026-446","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":"code-transfering-4","purl":"pkg:pypi/code-transfering-4","source":"MAL-2026-446"}],"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-2026-446/"}