MAL-2026-17916

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/pyrechoasr/MAL-2026-17916.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-17916
Published
2026-10-17T17:05:54Z
Modified
2026-10-29T14:30:35Z
Summary
Malicious code in pyrechoasr (PyPI)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (9b2a02d42b12227c9d61eaa5f23ffb432599d04d44adc2d7be9fae0589363d98)

Package pyrechoasr version 0.1.0 on PyPI contains 6 files. No install-time or import-time network I/O, credential access, subprocess execution of fetched content, or other installer-facing harmful behavior was identified in the shipped contents. No lifecycle hooks or top-level side effects of concern were observed.

Source: kam193 (abd16e8f67cf00b05cd9b944eaae2569a33cd419f50b3df499f203ea838fc447)

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/pyrechoasr",
            "import_time": "2026-10-17T17:38:26.303978341Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-10-17T17:05:54.709398Z",
            "sha256": "abd16e8f67cf00b05cd9b944eaae2569a33cd419f50b3df499f203ea838fc447",
            "source": "kam193",
            "versions": [
                "0.1.0"
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-022236",
            "import_time": "2026-10-29T14:14:36.59919228Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-10-29T14:06:35Z",
            "sha256": "9b2a02d42b12227c9d61eaa5f23ffb432599d04d44adc2d7be9fae0589363d98",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "versions": [
                "0.1.0"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / pyrechoasr

Package

Name
pyrechoasr
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Purl
pkg:pypi/pyrechoasr

Affected ranges

Affected versions

0.*
0.1.0

Database specific

cwes 
[
    {
        "cweId": "CWE-506",
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
    }
]
indicators 
{
    "package_integrity": [
        {
            "filename": "pyrechoasr-0.1.0-py3-none-any.whl",
            "hashes": {
                "blake2b_256": "80148a8f249e874263f5ea7998ea29e8b83269c2415b9ed5605f1fd54fecc800",
                "md5": "197c0d3d109b465cb88ae200fca97418",
                "sha256": "45c7b23bed2db0dc340eabf72368e46c646a39b06bd5d5be58a05b9b7b04342d"
            }
        }
    ]
}
source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/pyrechoasr/MAL-2026-17916.json"