MAL-2026-18238

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    MAL-2026-18238

    Published: 23 Oct 2026Last Modified: 29 Oct 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in taskquay (PyPI)

    Details: 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. 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.

    References: https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/taskquay, https://pypi.org/project/taskquay/0.1.0/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: taskquay

    Purl: pkg:pypi/taskquay

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.1.0