mal-2026-18110

{
  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "cwes": [
          {
            "cweId": "CWE-506",
            "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
            "name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
          }
        ],
        "indicators": {
          "evidence_files": [
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                "md5": "bc04cb9f04e59a3158c895b2517fc975",
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        },
        "source": "https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/facewareretargeter/MAL-2026-18110.json"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "facewareretargeter",
        "purl": "pkg:pypi/facewareretargeter"
      },
      "versions": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "credits": [
    {
      "contact": [
        "inspector-research@amazon.com"
      ],
      "name": "Amazon Inspector",
      "type": "FINDER"
    },
    {
      "contact": [
        "https://github.com/kam193",
        "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"
      ],
      "name": "Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)",
      "type": "REPORTER"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "iocs": {
      "domains": [
        "artifacts.vacsdk.com",
        "vacsdk.com",
        "artifacts.yosiroute.com"
      ]
    },
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
      {
        "id": "pypi/2026-10-vacsdk/facewareretargeter",
        "import_time": "2026-10-20T21:40:17.568255968Z",
        "modified_time": "2026-10-20T20:48:43.413974Z",
        "sha256": "3d3c954fb5fd6d1ddfc1d5e22129468136fb43fe78c6d69f0df134925b6a8b08",
        "source": "kam193",
        "versions": [
          "9.9.9"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "IN-MAL-2026-021564",
        "import_time": "2026-10-22T06:30:23.140841991Z",
        "modified_time": "2026-10-22T05:48:25Z",
        "sha256": "afcd41ab1e378f4c7d767acb2b9e9199a4276e125d6e84aba3627bf37c879f24",
        "source": "amazon-inspector",
        "versions": [
          "9.9.9"
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      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2026-10-vacsdk/facewareretargeter",
        "import_time": "2026-11-03T21:11:41.874618652Z",
        "modified_time": "2026-10-20T20:48:43.413974Z",
        "sha256": "621af984093bb07f44e304a13664acc6cfef94a1d67ed4811a53b31281578462",
        "source": "kam193",
        "versions": [
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    ]
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  "details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: amazon-inspector (afcd41ab1e378f4c7d767acb2b9e9199a4276e125d6e84aba3627bf37c879f24)\nfacewareretargeter 9.9.9 ships a 2-line stub module and a setup.py whose install_requires declares a single dependency, `tracer-batch-stream-chain`, sourced from a direct https URL (`https://artifacts.vacsdk.com/pypi/tracer_batch_stream_chain-9.9.9.tar.gz`) rather than a PyPI version range. On `pip install facewareretargeter`, pip fetches that tarball from the non-PyPI host and executes its setup.py / build backend on the installer's machine, with no version pin, no hash, and no integrity check. The host is not a known Python index and is unrelated to any declared repository or homepage, so whoever controls `artifacts.vacsdk.com` can deliver arbitrary code to every installer at any time. The package name resembles a plausible internal/private tool and uses an implausibly high version (9.9.9), which is the dependency-confusion shape used to win resolution against an internal package.\n\n## Source: kam193 (3d3c954fb5fd6d1ddfc1d5e22129468136fb43fe78c6d69f0df134925b6a8b08)\nThe package uses fake http-downloaded dependencies to track downloads, and has no other purpose.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: PROBABLY_PENTEST - Packages looking like typical pentest packages, but also anything that looks like testing, exploring pre-prepared kits, research & co, with clearly low-harm possibilities.\n\n\nCampaign: 2026-10-vacsdk\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - dependency-confusion\n",
  "id": "MAL-2026-18110",
  "modified": "2026-11-03T21:15:03.389101337Z",
  "published": "2026-10-20T20:48:43Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/facewareretargeter"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://pypi.org/project/facewareretargeter/9.9.9/"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.9.2",
  "summary": "Malicious code in facewareretargeter (PyPI)"
}