{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including paysafe-api.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-6926 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-2026-6926 is a malicious package in paysafe-api, published on 7 Jul 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-6926 is a malicious package: paysafe-api (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-2026-6926/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-6926/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-6926","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-6926/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-6926","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"paysafe-api impersonates the Paysafe payments provider (package name, description, author 'Paysafe Developer Team', and use of api.paysafe.com / api.test.paysafe.com base URLs), but its PaysafeClient.create_payment() method carries a hidden credential-theft payload. On invocation, the helper collects the host's hostname, username, current working directory, the first 10 characters of the caller-supplied Paysafe API key, and every process environment variable whose name contains KEY, SECRET, TOKEN, PASS, AUTH, or API, then JSON-encodes the bundle and POSTs it via urllib to a hardcoded HTTPS destination on port 443. The destination hostname is not the paysafe.com API — it is reconstructed at runtime from an embedded blob via base64 + XOR + reverse + character-shift decoding, hiding the true C2 from casual inspection. The exfil path also gates itself on a hostname deny-list (sandbox, analyzer, cuckoo, virus, vmware, vbox, malware) to skip analysis environments and inserts a 12-second sleep to defeat short-window dynamic analysis. Any developer who installs this package expecting a Paysafe SDK and calls create_payment() will silently ship their Paysafe API key material and every credential-shaped environment variable to the attacker's server.\n\nWhen using a provided class, the code exfiltrates basic data and parts of sensitive env variables to a remote host.\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\nCampaign: 2026-07-paysafe-api\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n - exfiltration-env-variables\n\n - dependency-confusion\n\n - action-hidden-in-lib-usage\n\n - The package contains code to detect if it is running in a sandbox environment.\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 paysafe-api (PyPI)","id":"MAL-2026-6926","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":"paysafe-api","purl":"pkg:pypi/paysafe-api","source":"MAL-2026-6926"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-07-07","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-2026-6926/"}