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id: MAL-2026-18164
title: Malicious code in phonemeprobe (PyPI)
summary: Malicious code in phonemeprobe (PyPI)
severity: critical
exploited: true
vendor: phonemeprobe
product: phonemeprobe
ecosystem: pip
affected:
  - phonemeprobe
published: '2026-10-22'
updated: '2026-10-29'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-29T14:45:09.509399046Z'
source: OSV
sourceUrl: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-18164'
references:
  - url: 'https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/phonemeprobe'
  - url: 'https://pypi.org/project/phonemeprobe/0.1.0/'
tags:
  - osv
  - pip
  - malware
ingestedAt: '2026-10-22T11:56:43.876Z'
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## Overview


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## Source: amazon-inspector (512df61ab08fac605506c163f82f1376ea75cdac4b9725cd4a5c3509c09e324e)
No credential access, outbound network, install-time code execution, lifecycle-hook activity, or other installer-affecting behavior was identified in this package version's shipped files.

## Source: kam193 (e734952ed1638d020205fd4c071007902fd7b0b6671f1aa8eeb0b583efa75a08)
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.


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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.


## Affected packages

- `phonemeprobe`

## Remediation

Refer to the advisory for the patched release.