Malicious Package Affecting faiss-cpu-avx512 package, versions [1.9.7][1.9.6][1.9.5][1.9.4][1.9.3][1.9.2][1.9.1][1.9.0]
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- published16 Sept 2026
- disclosed16 Sept 2026
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 16 Sep 2026
New Malicious CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-506 (opens in a new tab)Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) is a category system for software weaknesses
How to fix?
Avoid using all malicious instances of the faiss-cpu-avx512 package.
Overview
faiss-cpu-avx512 is a malicious package. This package contains malicious code, and its content was removed from the official package manager. While this package might be attempting to impersonate a valid organization, there is no connection between that organization and this package authorship.