{"id":"MAL-2026-18173","title":"Malicious code in vocabbench (PyPI)","summary":"Malicious code in vocabbench (PyPI)","severity":"critical","exploited":true,"vendor":"vocabbench","product":"vocabbench","ecosystem":"pip","affected":["vocabbench"],"published":"2026-10-22","updated":"2026-10-22","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-22T01:30:04.544833595Z","source":"OSV","sourceUrl":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-18173","references":[{"url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/vocabbench"}],"tags":["osv","pip","malware"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-22T11:56:43.879Z","slug":"MAL-2026-18173","body":"## Overview\n\n\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (dc5566e2e9fb4803c51425e840aa5d7979e11fc4263d12dc29fedbd472acb5cc)\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- `vocabbench`\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":[]}