{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"1.0","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"GCVE-110-OSM-2026-13980","assignerOrgId":"","assignerShortName":"Vulnetix","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2026-10-22T09:00:54Z","dateUpdated":"2026-10-22T04:37:14Z","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: The package implements a remote code execution loader: on import or explicit call, `spec()` fetches an arbitrary Python source file from a caller-supplied URL (defaulting to the hardcoded example URL or the `VOCABBLEND_URL` environment variable), writes it to a temp directory, and executes it in a live module context via `exec(compile(...))`. The docstring itself advertises this as the design — 'fetch a job spec, run it' — making the attacker model explicit: the package is a thin, dependency-free loader whose payload is delivered at runtime from an attacker-controlled URL, bypassing any static analysis of the package itself. The IOC `https://example/internal/spec.py` is a placeholder; in deployment the URL would point to the real payload. The minimal metadata (no description, no repo, no author) and the coordinated campaign context (multiple similar loader packages) are consistent with a supply-chain staging operation. The OSV advisory's characterization holds up under direct code review.\n\nENTRY\n  vocabblend/__init__.py (module-import: 53)\n\nDESTINATION\n  - 1 fetched-payload (urls)\n  (values recorded in verified_iocs)\n\nEXFIL\n  - Network Request in vocabblend/__init__.py: \"urllib.request.urlopen(\"\n\nADDITIONAL FINDINGS\n  - Dynamic Code Execution in vocabblend/__init__.py: \"compile(source, mod.__file__, \"exec\")\"\n\nPAYLOAD FILES\n  vocabblend/__init__.py","supportingMedia":null}],"references":[{"url":"https://opensourcemalware.com/threats/80a1aa3f-f227-4d3d-93aa-26779977e734","name":"Malicious pypi package: vocabblend","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-18174","name":"","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://pypi.org/vocabblend","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":"vocabblend","collectionURL":"https://pypi.org","packageName":"vocabblend","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-2026-18174"]}},"adp":null}}