{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including datapipe-util.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-4820 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-2026-4820 is a malicious package in datapipe-util, published on 26 May 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-4820 is a malicious package: datapipe-util (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-2026-4820/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-4820/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-4820","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-4820/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-4820","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"The package intentionally uses the malicious binproto package deploying the malware.\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\nCampaign: 2026-05-binproto\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n - obfuscation\n\n - Downloads and executes a remote executable.\n\n - action-hidden-in-lib-usage\n\n - malware","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 datapipe-util (PyPI)","id":"MAL-2026-4820","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":"datapipe-util","purl":"pkg:pypi/datapipe-util","source":"MAL-2026-4820"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-05-26","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-2026-4820/"}