MAL-2026-18224

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    MAL-2026-18224

    Published: 23 Oct 2026Last Modified: 29 Oct 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in brookworker (PyPI)

    Details: Source: amazon-inspector (6fa8f50bb0987926fc5691a191a0622aec1da809cdce6246c63de73cd679f7c2) The package brookworker 0.1.0 was examined and no credential theft, install-time or import-time code execution, outbound network beacons, dropper behavior, backdoor, silent-relay, or self-propagation mechanisms were identified in its shipped files. No lifecycle hooks or build-backend network I/O were observed. Source: kam193 (b5143967b27cd16bb4d28cbef2272599e90443b5f651a57e8f42d32c2e8b4ce2) 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.

    References: https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/brookworker, https://pypi.org/project/brookworker/0.1.0/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: brookworker

    Purl: pkg:pypi/brookworker

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.1.0