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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'
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## Overview


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## Source: amazon-inspector (62e5ff7b7f42b9a62e4e143ad3bec7df066ea92c529f6e7b908c531b13abf237)
The 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.

## Source: kam193 (692f4bcca72a6b53c989001619446e8b3b5bd66716674ca8230baa6d9d4c60a5)
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

- `taskquay`

## Remediation

Refer to the advisory for the patched release.