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id: MAL-2026-18223
title: Malicious code in brambletask (PyPI)
summary: Malicious code in brambletask (PyPI)
severity: critical
exploited: true
vendor: brambletask
product: brambletask
ecosystem: pip
affected:
  - brambletask
published: '2026-10-23'
updated: '2026-10-23'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-23T16:30:18.788843638Z'
source: OSV
sourceUrl: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-18223'
references:
  - url: 'https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/brambletask'
tags:
  - osv
  - pip
  - malware
ingestedAt: '2026-10-24T11:59:36.108Z'
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## Overview


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## Source: kam193 (922435cd67a39583e0143229da6822f691940fcea9f4b4b18203faa594a1debc)
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

- `brambletask`

## Remediation

Refer to the advisory for the patched release.