MAL-2026-18160

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/benchworks/MAL-2026-18160.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-18160
Published
2026-10-22T00:54:40Z
Modified
2026-10-22T01:30:04Z
Summary
Malicious code in benchworks (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (606e74602d9241e80622f42ed81f9040fe733889abd2003a862704c1d2d72595)

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.

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.

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins":  [
        {
            "id":  "pypi/2026-10-voice-synthesis-profiles/benchworks",
            "import_time":  "2026-10-22T01:26:38.720422814Z",
            "modified_time":  "2026-10-22T00:54:40.562329Z",
            "sha256":  "606e74602d9241e80622f42ed81f9040fe733889abd2003a862704c1d2d72595",
            "source":  "kam193",
            "versions":  [
                "0.1.0"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / benchworks

Package

Name
benchworks
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Purl
pkg:pypi/benchworks

Affected ranges

Affected versions

0.*
0.1.0

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/benchworks/MAL-2026-18160.json"