{"id":"MAL-2026-18155","title":"Malicious code in acoustichub (PyPI)","summary":"Malicious code in acoustichub (PyPI)","severity":"critical","exploited":true,"vendor":"acoustichub","product":"acoustichub","ecosystem":"pip","affected":["acoustichub"],"published":"2026-10-22","updated":"2026-10-29","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-29T14:45:10.560108070Z","source":"OSV","sourceUrl":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-18155","references":[{"url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/acoustichub"},{"url":"https://pypi.org/project/acoustichub/0.1.0/"}],"tags":["osv","pip","malware"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-22T11:56:43.873Z","slug":"MAL-2026-18155","body":"## Overview\n\n\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: amazon-inspector (a31d5b9e7319cd715f9cfcd79aecbc918ab308c3e52a9abf132b026f059ee62f)\nAnalysis of acoustichub 0.1.0 did not surface install-time execution hooks, outbound network behavior, credential or environment reads, or other patterns consistent with supply-chain attacks against installers.\n\n## Source: kam193 (8aa748656a3a49ab77d0532727632bbdcb820ac353745ee09b05a7e873d34a34)\nThis 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\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2026-10-voice-synthesis-profiles\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - other\n\n\n - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.\n\n\n## Affected packages\n\n- `acoustichub`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the advisory for the patched release.","depth":"abyssal","depthScore":70,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":52.3,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":18,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}