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id: MAL-2026-18159
title: Malicious code in benchbridge (PyPI)
summary: Malicious code in benchbridge (PyPI)
severity: critical
exploited: true
vendor: benchbridge
product: benchbridge
ecosystem: pip
affected:
  - benchbridge
published: '2026-10-22'
updated: '2026-10-22'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-22T01:30:04.475775509Z'
source: OSV
sourceUrl: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-18159'
references:
  - url: 'https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/benchbridge'
tags:
  - osv
  - pip
  - malware
ingestedAt: '2026-10-22T11:56:43.875Z'
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## Overview


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## Source: kam193 (7e329737ae059eda6e9d4d0e57c74c937cc38746b707cc5dbbceac5387fb6926)
This 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.


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Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.


Campaign: 2026-10-voice-synthesis-profiles


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - other


 - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.


## Affected packages

- `benchbridge`

## Remediation

Refer to the advisory for the patched release.