{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including metadata-checker.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-762 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-2026-762 is a malicious package in metadata-checker, published on 5 Feb 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-762 is a malicious package: metadata-checker (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-2026-762/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-762/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-762","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-762/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-762","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"Disguised as metadata checker, packages are designed to exfiltrate hardcoded or given data to an obfuscated remote target\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\nCampaign: 2026-02-metadata-checker\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n - exfiltration-generic\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 metadata-checker (PyPI)","id":"MAL-2026-762","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":"metadata-checker","purl":"pkg:pypi/metadata-checker","source":"MAL-2026-762"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-02-05","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-2026-762/"}