{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"1.0","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"GCVE-110-OSM-2026-13979","assignerOrgId":"","assignerShortName":"Vulnetix","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2026-10-22T09:00:53Z","dateUpdated":"2026-10-22T04:43:21Z","dateReserved":""},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":null,"title":"","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"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.\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\nCampaign: 2026-10-voice-synthesis-profiles\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n - other\n\n - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.\n\nJudge assessment: This package implements a remote code loader: on import or explicit call, `retrieve()` fetches an arbitrary Python source file from a caller-supplied URL (or the `VOCABBENCH_URL` environment variable), writes it to a temp directory, and executes it in-process via `exec(compile(...))`. The hardcoded example URL in the docstring and IOC list points to an internal endpoint pattern consistent with a loader campaign. The package has no real functionality of its own — it is pure loader plumbing, with minimal metadata, no repository, and no description, fitting the 'coordinated campaign' shape. The attacker model is a supply-chain loader: victim installs the package, calls `start()` with a URL (or sets the env var), and the remote payload executes with full process privileges. The OSV advisory's characterization of a coordinated campaign of similar loader packages is consistent with what the code actually does.\n\nENTRY\n  vocabbench/__init__.py (module-import: 53)\n\nDESTINATION\n  - 1 fetched-payload (urls)\n  (values recorded in verified_iocs)\n\nEXFIL\n  - Network Request in vocabbench/__init__.py: \"urllib.request.urlopen(\"\n\nADDITIONAL FINDINGS\n  - Dynamic Code Execution in vocabbench/__init__.py: \"compile(source, mod.__file__, \"exec\")\"\n\nPAYLOAD FILES\n  vocabbench/__init__.py","supportingMedia":null}],"references":[{"url":"https://opensourcemalware.com/threats/57fb990c-0260-4fe1-bb4a-f8ecacd04c1f","name":"Malicious pypi package: vocabbench","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-18173","name":"","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://pypi.org/vocabbench","name":"","tags":["vendor"]}],"metrics":[{"format":"CVSS_V3","scenarios":null,"cvssV2_0":null,"cvssV3_0":null,"cvssV3_1":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","baseScore":9.6,"baseSeverity":"CRITICAL"},"cvssV4_0":null,"other":null}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","description":"Embedded Malicious Code","cweId":"CWE-506","type":"CWE"}]}],"affected":[{"vendor":"unknown","product":"vocabbench","collectionURL":"https://pypi.org","packageName":"vocabbench","repo":"","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"all","status":"affected","versionType":"","lessThan":"","lessThanOrEqual":"","changes":null}],"cpes":null,"modules":null,"programFiles":null,"platforms":null}],"cpeApplicability":null,"rejectedReasons":null,"replacedBy":null,"x_vulnetix_aliases":{"direct":["MAL-2026-18173"]}},"adp":null}}