{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including query-profile.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-6236 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-2026-6236 is a malicious package in query-profile, published on 20 Jun 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-6236 is a malicious package: query-profile (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-2026-6236/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-6236/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-6236","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-6236/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-6236","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"This package's metadata and README openly declare it as a dependency-confusion proof-of-concept that registers a PyPI name referenced in Apple's ml-health-query-profiles tutorial. The current payload is inert: __init__.py only sets __version__ and __main__.py prints a notice — no network calls, no subprocess execution, no file or credential access at install or import time. However, anyone following the upstream tutorial that references this package name would silently pull this PoC into their environment. Although the present version is benign, the registered name occupies a namespace slot that a third party referenced, and any future version published under this name would automatically reach those installers. Routing to human review so an adjudicator can decide whether the PoC nature warrants a public advisory and whether the upstream tutorial reference needs coordination.\n\nInstalling the package or importing the module exfiltrates basic information about the host, and the package has no other purpose.\n\n---\n\nCategory: PROBABLY_PENTEST - Packages looking like typical pentest packages, but also anything that looks like testing, exploring pre-prepared kits, research \u0026 co, with clearly low-harm possibilities.\n\nCampaign: GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n - The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.\n\n - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.\n\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'query-profile' @ 0.0.3 (pypi) as malicious.\n\nIt is considered malicious because:\n\n- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.","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 query-profile (PyPI)","id":"MAL-2026-6236","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":"query-profile","purl":"pkg:pypi/query-profile","source":"MAL-2026-6236"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-06-20","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-2026-6236/"}