{"id":"MAL-2026-17912","title":"Malicious code in driftwavets (PyPI)","summary":"Malicious code in driftwavets (PyPI)","severity":"critical","exploited":true,"vendor":"driftwavets","product":"driftwavets","ecosystem":"pip","affected":["driftwavets"],"published":"2026-10-17","updated":"2026-10-17","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-17T17:45:03.244223950Z","source":"OSV","sourceUrl":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-17912","references":[{"url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/driftwavets"}],"tags":["osv","pip","malware"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-18T11:51:09.851Z","slug":"MAL-2026-17912","body":"## Overview\n\n\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (e69baa6a16626f26b6f71e04ce89a53a693a06c6545446a9addbecfd6c95d92f)\nThe package belongs to a series of packages falsely advertising 'audio-analysis profiles' loader. In fact, the only purpose is to execute remote code, but the URL is not embedded in the package. It is likely a continuation of the coin-mining campaign 2026-10-voxeval which used similar wording.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2026-10-emberlytts\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - other\n\n\n - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.\n\n\n## Affected packages\n\n- `driftwavets`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the advisory for the patched release.","depth":"abyssal","depthScore":70,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":52.3,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":18,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}