MAL-2026-18173 Malicious code in vocabbench (PyPI)

No install-time, import-time, or runtime behavior indicative of credential theft, remote code execution, silent relay, backdoor, or dropper activity was observed in this package version. No lifecycle hooks performing network I/O, no.pth file side effects, and no top-level module code reading installer secrets or contacting non-first-party destinations were identified.

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.