{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including veloxml-cli.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-4862 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-2026-4862 is a malicious package in veloxml-cli, published on 28 May 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-4862 is a malicious package: veloxml-cli (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-2026-4862/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-4862/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-4862","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-4862/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-4862","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 advertises fake functionality and exfiltrates the given email and basic information about the host when used.\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\nCampaign: 2026-05-veloxml-cli\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n - action-hidden-in-lib-usage\n\n - The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.","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 veloxml-cli (PyPI)","id":"MAL-2026-4862","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":"veloxml-cli","purl":"pkg:pypi/veloxml-cli","source":"MAL-2026-4862"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-05-28","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-2026-4862/"}