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id: MAL-2026-18110
title: Malicious code in facewareretargeter (PyPI)
summary: Malicious code in facewareretargeter (PyPI)
severity: critical
exploited: true
vendor: facewareretargeter
product: facewareretargeter
ecosystem: pip
affected:
  - facewareretargeter
published: '2026-10-20'
updated: '2026-10-20'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-20T21:45:03.422441144Z'
source: OSV
sourceUrl: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-18110'
references:
  - url: 'https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/facewareretargeter'
tags:
  - osv
  - pip
  - malware
ingestedAt: '2026-10-21T11:54:42.742Z'
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## Overview


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## Source: kam193 (3d3c954fb5fd6d1ddfc1d5e22129468136fb43fe78c6d69f0df134925b6a8b08)
The package uses fake http-downloaded dependencies to track downloads, and has no other purpose.


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Category: PROBABLY_PENTEST - Packages looking like typical pentest packages, but also anything that looks like testing, exploring pre-prepared kits, research & co, with clearly low-harm possibilities.


Campaign: 2026-10-vacsdk


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - dependency-confusion


## Affected packages

- `facewareretargeter`

## Remediation

Refer to the advisory for the patched release.