snap-queue

GHSA-3v8f-m5rm-8mv3

Malicious code in snap-queue (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 1.0.0`

## Source: kam193 (62bf582784fd41b3484157f6454ddcb6ab2ae10a5d93abeb19a5bfa5642b7e64)
During installation, the package attempts to silently execute code. In analyzed versions, the payload file was missing.


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Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.


Campaign: 2026-09-snap-queue


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/f5684c00e5e8b5d3ed827af3ddf5d0fa8e23fba6/osv/malicious/pypi/snap-queue/MAL-2026-16408.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/snap-queue
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/f5684c00e5e8b5d3ed827af3ddf5d0fa8e23fba6/osv/malicious/pypi/snap-queue/MAL-2026-16408.json
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/a353b26f444959f921d20700f1f1d31bfa61715d/osv/malicious/pypi/snap-queue/MAL-2026-16408.json
- https://pypi.org/project/snap-queue/1.0.0
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3v8f-m5rm-8mv3

Compromised versions (1)

= 1.0.0

Any computer that installed or ran a compromised version should be considered fully compromised. Rotate every secret on that machine from a clean environment.