{"id":"MAL-2026-18222","title":"Malicious code in badgertask (PyPI)","summary":"Malicious code in badgertask (PyPI)","severity":"critical","exploited":true,"vendor":"badgertask","product":"badgertask","ecosystem":"pip","affected":["badgertask"],"published":"2026-10-23","updated":"2026-10-23","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-23T16:31:08.974914963Z","source":"OSV","sourceUrl":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-18222","references":[{"url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/badgertask"}],"tags":["osv","pip","malware"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-24T11:59:36.108Z","slug":"MAL-2026-18222","body":"## Overview\n\n\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (ad613b4be626131dbf5d5cdd0e6d63ca39c89165c96fe7fd152d8d781c4573ba)\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- `badgertask`\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":[]}