MAL-2026-18226

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/ferretqueue/MAL-2026-18226.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-18226
Published
2026-10-23T15:52:48Z
Modified
2026-10-29T14:45:08Z
Summary
Malicious code in ferretqueue (PyPI)
Details

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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.

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.

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "id": "pypi/2026-10-voice-synthesis-profiles/ferretqueue",
            "import_time": "2026-10-23T16:20:13.978332018Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-10-23T15:52:48.459172Z",
            "sha256": "00f1975c33600ed4869f6783ebd8d73e93e3a25f293b4f724ab2f4af2b1c9096",
            "source": "kam193",
            "versions": [
                "0.1.0"
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-022315",
            "import_time": "2026-10-29T14:37:03.523198497Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-10-29T14:16:51Z",
            "sha256": "c588ca6b9a165d16dfd359719e48c63cbcddf5c6e141076cc9a42165a0ae689b",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "versions": [
                "0.1.0"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / ferretqueue

Package

Name
ferretqueue
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:pypi/ferretqueue

Affected ranges

Affected versions

0.*
0.1.0

Database specific

cwes 
[
    {
        "cweId": "CWE-506",
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
    }
]
indicators 
{
    "package_integrity": [
        {
            "filename": "ferretqueue-0.1.0-py3-none-any.whl",
            "hashes": {
                "blake2b_256": "3a6059884ace4dd671c8275e7a198ac0f13b310f00ac875685d16ebbcdcfe9bd",
                "md5": "3997f06f84b977cba8be538319b6f777",
                "sha256": "8f05cc25f0b234c0b3b92c115b6fd7aad19c64aea971eed7c639df7220aa7902"
            }
        },
        {
            "filename": "ferretqueue-0.1.0.tar.gz",
            "hashes": {
                "blake2b_256": "d32679e0ed2c7909981727345fe227d5d889bb5ff5f9fb226404fde17eb0b0f0",
                "md5": "d30d006b946efadbd0c0b1dd3e56d131",
                "sha256": "6b2d7446bf7583f8ee12120c7438beea85d8d9e91a2022af5e8dba9c59032bdf"
            }
        }
    ]
}
source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/ferretqueue/MAL-2026-18226.json"