{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including alibabacloude.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-916 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-2026-916 is a malicious package in alibabacloude, published on 16 Feb 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-916 is a malicious package: alibabacloude (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-2026-916/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-916/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-916","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-916/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-916","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"Series of packages impersonating Alibaba Cloud. Two oldest hide code to run obfuscated code, but are likely to be used as dependency as the obfuscated code is not inside. The newest describe similar functionality, but the inside is highly obfuscated. Package names closely reassemble names of real Alibaba packages\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\nCampaign: 2026-02-alibabacloude\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n - typosquatting\n\n - impersonation\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 alibabacloude (PyPI)","id":"MAL-2026-916","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":"alibabacloude","purl":"pkg:pypi/alibabacloude","source":"MAL-2026-916"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-02-16","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-2026-916/"}