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🛡️ PYSEC-2022-252 — deep-translator

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
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CVSS Score
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Description

The deep-translator project on PyPI was taken over via user account compromise via a phishing attack and a new malicious release made which contained code which some environment variables and downloaded and ran malware at install time

Affected software

PYSEC-2022-252 is recorded against 1 package.

  • deep-translator (from 1.8.5)

Timeline and source

Published on 26 August 2022 and last revised on 9 October 2025. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

twitter.com (Article)

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-08-26
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2025-10-09
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
deep-translator 1.8.5 —

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