{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including h4xupdate.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-5093 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-2026-5093 is a malicious package in h4xupdate, published on 31 May 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-5093 is a malicious package: h4xupdate (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-2026-5093/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-5093/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-5093","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-5093/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-5093","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 contains a remote control tool taking orders from a hardcoded Telegram bot. The authorship impersonate legitimate company.\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\nCampaign: 2026-05-h4xupdate\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n - rat\n\n - The package contains code to execute remote commands (probably limited to a specific set) on the victim's machine.\n\n - files-exfiltration\n\n - impersonation","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 h4xupdate (PyPI)","id":"MAL-2026-5093","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":"h4xupdate","purl":"pkg:pypi/h4xupdate","source":"MAL-2026-5093"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-05-31","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-2026-5093/"}