{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including neuralforge-ml.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-5090 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-2026-5090 is a malicious package in neuralforge-ml, published on 30 May 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-5090 is a malicious package: neuralforge-ml (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-2026-5090/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-5090/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-5090","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-5090/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-5090","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 contains stub code only imitating real actions. Starting with version 0.9.9, the code contains exfiltration capability activated under specific conditions.\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\nCampaign: 2026-05-neuralforge-ml\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n - exfiltration-env-variables\n\n - obfuscation","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 neuralforge-ml (PyPI)","id":"MAL-2026-5090","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":"neuralforge-ml","purl":"pkg:pypi/neuralforge-ml","source":"MAL-2026-5090"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-05-30","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-2026-5090/"}