{"id":"MAL-2026-18165","title":"Malicious code in soundsocket (PyPI)","summary":"Malicious code in soundsocket (PyPI)","severity":"critical","exploited":true,"vendor":"soundsocket","product":"soundsocket","ecosystem":"pip","affected":["soundsocket"],"published":"2026-10-22","updated":"2026-10-29","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-29T14:45:08.570145244Z","source":"OSV","sourceUrl":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-18165","references":[{"url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/soundsocket"},{"url":"https://pypi.org/project/soundsocket/0.1.0/"}],"tags":["osv","pip","malware"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-22T11:56:43.877Z","slug":"MAL-2026-18165","body":"## Overview\n\n\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: amazon-inspector (17292086eb906d22ce89e72fb3d6f1bd9edf44d8bb7a7caa319cee80ee6381bb)\nNo install-time or import-time behavior consistent with credential access, outbound exfiltration, remote code fetch/execution, persistence, or silent-relay was observed in this package version. No lifecycle hooks performing network I/O, no.pth side effects beyond sys.path handling, and no top-level subprocess/network activity were identified in the shipped files.\n\n## Source: kam193 (9b50b12b54ecdc99f678332cf4a8e2d333ce5398c1c545eb994d2f368843cb03)\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- `soundsocket`\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":[]}