{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including cicibot-fix-message-naming.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-921 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-2026-921 is a malicious package in cicibot-fix-message-naming, published on 16 Feb 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-921 is a malicious package: cicibot-fix-message-naming (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-2026-921/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-921/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-921","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-921/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-921","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"Importing the module starts a reverse shell\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\nCampaign: 2026-02-cicibot-fix-message-naming\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n - The package contains code to create a reverse shell, allowing an attacker to execute any commands on the victim's machine.\n\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'cicibot-fix-message-naming' @ 0.0.1 (pypi) as malicious.\n\nIt is considered malicious because:\n\n- The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.","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 cicibot-fix-message-naming (PyPI)","id":"MAL-2026-921","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":"cicibot-fix-message-naming","purl":"pkg:pypi/cicibot-fix-message-naming","source":"MAL-2026-921"}],"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-2026-921/"}