{"id":"MAL-2026-18238","title":"Malicious code in taskquay (PyPI)","summary":"Malicious code in taskquay (PyPI)","severity":"critical","exploited":true,"vendor":"taskquay","product":"taskquay","ecosystem":"pip","affected":["taskquay"],"published":"2026-10-23","updated":"2026-10-29","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-29T14:45:11.390334421Z","source":"OSV","sourceUrl":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-18238","references":[{"url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/taskquay"},{"url":"https://pypi.org/project/taskquay/0.1.0/"}],"tags":["osv","pip","malware"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-24T11:59:36.114Z","slug":"MAL-2026-18238","body":"## Overview\n\n\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: amazon-inspector (62e5ff7b7f42b9a62e4e143ad3bec7df066ea92c529f6e7b908c531b13abf237)\nThe package taskquay 0.1.0 was examined and no credential access, outbound network activity, install-time code execution, dropper, silent-relay, or persistence mechanism was observed in its contents. No lifecycle hooks or import-time side effects of concern are present.\n\n## Source: kam193 (692f4bcca72a6b53c989001619446e8b3b5bd66716674ca8230baa6d9d4c60a5)\nThis 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.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2026-10-voice-synthesis-profiles\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - other\n\n\n - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.\n\n\n## Affected packages\n\n- `taskquay`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the advisory for the patched release.","depth":"abyssal","depthScore":70,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":52.3,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":18,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}