MAL-2026-18224Critical▾ Abyssal⚠ Exploited in the wildMalicious code in brookworker (PyPI)
▾ Abyssal zone — Critical with a public exploit or in-the-wild use
impact 52.3 · likelihood 0 · exploitation 18
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Disclosure to exploitation, from the record and what we observed since indexing it.
Disclosed via OSV
Last analysed / modified upstream
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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.
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.
brookworkerRefer to the advisory for the patched release.