@torbeck/priority-queuenpm
@torbeck/priority-queue is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-10472) that executes malicious code on install (malicious versions 6.3.5, 6.3.6, 6.3.7…). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in @torbeck/priority-queue (npm)
What this malware does
The package republishes @datastructures-js/priority-queue verbatim — identical README pointing to datastructures-js.info, the original author 'Eyas Ranjous', and the upstream repository URL git+https://github.com/datastructures-js/priority-queue.git — under an unrelated @torbeck scope. Its package.json (L33-34) declares "dependencies": { "@datastructures-js/heap": "npm:@torbeck/[email protected]" }, using npm alias syntax to silently substitute the legitimate @datastructures-js/heap with a sibling package @torbeck/[email protected] published by the same untrusted maintainer. src/priorityQueue.js does require('@datastructures-js/heap'), so on every import the substituted @torbeck/heap is loaded in place of the upstream package. The installer-facing harm is the namespace-abuse mechanism itself: any consumer who installs @torbeck/priority-queue automatically pulls @torbeck/heap under a name that reads as the legitimate datastructures-js dependency, regardless of what the @torbeck/heap tarball currently contains. The actual payload, if any, lives in @torbeck/heap and must be analyzed in its own record.
Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer. The package should be removed, but as full control of the computer may have been given to an outside entity, there is no guarantee that removing the package will remove all malicious software resulting from installing it.
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Malicious packageFind it
Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for @torbeck/priority-queue (6 malicious versions). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging @torbeck/priority-queue across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
Remove @torbeck/priority-queue from your project and lockfile, then assume any secrets accessible to the build or runtime were exposed: rotate API keys, tokens, and credentials, and audit for unexpected outbound activity or persistence.
Did it already run?
If @torbeck/priority-queue was ever installed, its post-install/runtime payload may have already executed. O3's L7 egress monitoring and runtime eBPF sensors detect the credential exfiltration or command-and-control callback after install and block the malicious outbound channel, so you catch and contain the actual compromise — not just the presence of the package.
How O3 protects you
O3 blocks @torbeck/priority-queue before install through its supply-chain scanner, and if it has already run, detects and severs the exfiltration or C2 callback at runtime through L7 egress monitoring and eBPF.
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Detect & block this
O3 blocks @torbeck/priority-queue-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the malicious outbound activity and severs the channel.