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id: MAL-2026-10091
title: Malicious code in qlinforge (PyPI)
summary: Malicious code in qlinforge (PyPI)
severity: none
vendor: qlinforge
product: qlinforge
ecosystem: pip
affected:
  - qlinforge
published: '2026-07-09'
updated: '2026-07-09'
source: OSV
sourceUrl: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-10091'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/cc47912f2155de3fb5d618f361d1da1743f969e332a0fc463667167e3f50e12d
  - url: >-
      https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/f785d776c670ae303110984e20990a8d8365ca99f47b668a3e1393ebb9b1bf62/detection
  - url: 'https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/qlinforge'
tags:
  - osv
  - pip
ingestedAt: '2026-07-09T18:56:35.313Z'
---

## Overview


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## Source: kam193 (8952681c2680f17702d34d053b0af1af1ff8e27a18338b3e84cad5de7e661919)
During installation, the package downloads and executes suspicious executables as well as establishes persistence using PTH files.


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


Campaign: 2026-07-qlinforge


Reasons (based on the campaign):


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


 - Downloads and executes a remote executable.


 - abuses-pth


 - persistence


## Affected packages

- `qlinforge`

## Remediation

Refer to the advisory for the patched release.