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id: MAL-2026-18228
title: Malicious code in jobwharf (PyPI)
summary: Malicious code in jobwharf (PyPI)
severity: critical
exploited: true
vendor: jobwharf
product: jobwharf
ecosystem: pip
affected:
  - jobwharf
published: '2026-10-23'
updated: '2026-10-29'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-29T14:30:33.703574659Z'
source: OSV
sourceUrl: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-18228'
references:
  - url: 'https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/jobwharf'
  - url: 'https://pypi.org/project/jobwharf/0.1.0/'
tags:
  - osv
  - pip
  - malware
ingestedAt: '2026-10-24T11:59:36.110Z'
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## Overview


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## Source: amazon-inspector (fbfb11d059a4f43447527c793da1228d2bfec1aba386532a3b2eecd00b3a9256)
Analysis of jobwharf 0.1.0 for pypi surfaced no indicators of supply-chain attack behavior. No install-time or import-time network activity, no credential or environment harvesting, no fetch-and-execute of remote payloads, no persistence or backdoor mechanisms, and no silent-relay patterns were observed in the shipped files.

## Source: kam193 (172e672abed0eeea77b62d2a9dea9999b59ff685b952fec68c70e2b227e0bce6)
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

- `jobwharf`

## Remediation

Refer to the advisory for the patched release.