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Malicious MAL-2026-627

theanswre

PyPI package · versions 0.2.4, 0.2.3, 0.2.5, 0.2.2

Reported Jan 29, 2026 · Updated Feb 2, 2026

If this package is installed

Remove it, treat the machine (or CI runner) as compromised, and rotate every secret, token and key it could access — from a different, clean machine.

Details

Source: ossf-package-analysis (3a5007e2f06a55345366f95d0073e9980436e74745540a4e9b43c8a1836c4bef)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'theanswre' @ 0.2.4 (pypi) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

- The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.