MAL-2026-17912

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/driftwavets/MAL-2026-17912.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-17912
Published
2026-10-17T17:05:38Z
Modified
2026-10-17T17:45:03Z
Summary
Malicious code in driftwavets (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (e69baa6a16626f26b6f71e04ce89a53a693a06c6545446a9addbecfd6c95d92f)

The package belongs to a series of packages falsely advertising 'audio-analysis profiles' loader. In fact, the only purpose is to execute remote code, but the URL is not embedded in the package. It is likely a continuation of the coin-mining campaign 2026-10-voxeval which used similar wording.

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

Campaign: 2026-10-emberlytts

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • other

  • Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins":  [
        {
            "id":  "pypi/2026-10-emberlytts/driftwavets",
            "import_time":  "2026-10-17T17:38:26.299392072Z",
            "modified_time":  "2026-10-17T17:05:38.252527Z",
            "sha256":  "e69baa6a16626f26b6f71e04ce89a53a693a06c6545446a9addbecfd6c95d92f",
            "source":  "kam193",
            "versions":  [
                "0.1.0"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / driftwavets

Package

Name
driftwavets
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Purl
pkg:pypi/driftwavets

Affected ranges

Affected versions

0.*
0.1.0

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/driftwavets/MAL-2026-17912.json"