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id: MAL-2026-18226
title: Malicious code in ferretqueue (PyPI)
summary: Malicious code in ferretqueue (PyPI)
severity: critical
exploited: true
vendor: ferretqueue
product: ferretqueue
ecosystem: pip
affected:
  - ferretqueue
published: '2026-10-23'
updated: '2026-10-29'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-29T14:45:08.667957513Z'
source: OSV
sourceUrl: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-18226'
references:
  - url: 'https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/ferretqueue'
  - url: 'https://pypi.org/project/ferretqueue/0.1.0/'
tags:
  - osv
  - pip
  - malware
ingestedAt: '2026-10-24T11:59:36.109Z'
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## Overview


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## Source: amazon-inspector (c588ca6b9a165d16dfd359719e48c63cbcddf5c6e141076cc9a42165a0ae689b)
The package ferretqueue 0.1.0 contains no observed install-time network activity, no lifecycle code that fetches or executes remote content, no reads of installer credential paths, and no outbound data flows to third-party destinations. No credential-distribution, silent-relay, backdoor, or self-propagation mechanisms were identified in the shipped files.

## Source: kam193 (00f1975c33600ed4869f6783ebd8d73e93e3a25f293b4f724ab2f4af2b1c9096)
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

- `ferretqueue`

## Remediation

Refer to the advisory for the patched release.