{"id":"MAL-2026-18160","title":"Malicious code in benchworks (PyPI)","summary":"Malicious code in benchworks (PyPI)","severity":"critical","exploited":true,"vendor":"benchworks","product":"benchworks","ecosystem":"pip","affected":["benchworks"],"published":"2026-10-22","updated":"2026-10-22","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-22T01:30:04.491765834Z","source":"OSV","sourceUrl":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-18160","references":[{"url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/benchworks"}],"tags":["osv","pip","malware"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-22T11:56:43.875Z","slug":"MAL-2026-18160","body":"## Overview\n\n\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (606e74602d9241e80622f42ed81f9040fe733889abd2003a862704c1d2d72595)\nThis campaign consists of similar loader packages, which provide executing code from a given URL. While they do not contain the malicious payload and the usage remains unknown, they are clearly a coordinated campaign to place multiple deceptive ways to load malicious code.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2026-10-voice-synthesis-profiles\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- `benchworks`\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":[]}