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id: MAL-2026-18166
title: Malicious code in speakbench (PyPI)
summary: Malicious code in speakbench (PyPI)
severity: critical
exploited: true
vendor: speakbench
product: speakbench
ecosystem: pip
affected:
  - speakbench
published: '2026-10-22'
updated: '2026-10-22'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-22T01:30:03.577283731Z'
source: OSV
sourceUrl: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-18166'
references:
  - url: 'https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/speakbench'
tags:
  - osv
  - pip
  - malware
ingestedAt: '2026-10-22T11:56:43.877Z'
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## Overview


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## Source: kam193 (5261cd9950cdef43aa82af72e1a479d8668a37b06d1fce0a6b8ff869e0620ed2)
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

- `speakbench`

## Remediation

Refer to the advisory for the patched release.