{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including sympy-dev.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-450 in the wild and no public exploit code.","exposure":"","fix":"Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.","what":"MAL-2026-450 is a malicious package in sympy-dev, published on 22 Jan 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-450 is a malicious package: sympy-dev (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-2026-450/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-450/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-450","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-450/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-450","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 and executes code from remote servers, indicating malicious behavior. Multiple files and IPs involved. Package impersonates popular sympy package.","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 sympy-dev (PyPI)","id":"MAL-2026-450","indexable":false,"kev":null,"kind":"malicious","links":{"ecosystem":"PyPI","product":null,"products":[],"type":null,"year":"2026"},"n_packages":1,"n_references":null,"nickname":null,"packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","fixed":[],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"sympy-dev","purl":"pkg:pypi/sympy-dev","source":"MAL-2026-450"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-01-22","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-2026-450/"}