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id: MAL-2026-10919
title: Malicious code in ml-core-airflow-auth (PyPI)
summary: Malicious code in ml-core-airflow-auth (PyPI)
severity: none
vendor: ml-core-airflow-auth
product: ml-core-airflow-auth
ecosystem: pip
affected:
  - ml-core-airflow-auth
published: '2026-07-20'
updated: '2026-07-23'
source: OSV
sourceUrl: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-10919'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/06f1c2f0c66cf13ab6702414e8dce7c4115939f3e9cf95e9a8baade58961c016/detection
  - url: >-
      https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/230f81f18608800912def92e18999874e004cd9fb4a554f759f77e4dd2030081/detection
  - url: >-
      https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/c98444d6aebfd87f2f4412e1d7aafe8fe3fe080139ca1111049ea83fe828cd1d/detection
  - url: >-
      https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/1360bb7437f5e7790747bc4e31eedcd19f88f23b20362a42368f4179b8b9e27d/detection
  - url: 'https://tria.ge/260720-teqmlshs6y/behavioral1'
  - url: 'https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/ml-core-airflow-auth'
tags:
  - osv
  - pip
ingestedAt: '2026-07-23T19:05:52.279Z'
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## Overview


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## Source: kam193 (1b104d8446715fc7f59f0274ca3e655e6818b45edd837c24f78e857c917b2e6f)
Package presents little functionality, but excessive fake 'telemetry' module. This fake telemetry is used to download and run malicious executables. Code is designed to survive different blocks: first, there is an attempt to download the executable from one of five Cloudflare Workers. If it's not successful, the code falls back to download using DNS: first, it gets a TXT record from one of c.*.dl.well1[.]site domains, depending on the system. This record returns a number, which is then used to iterate over domains in the form <0...n>.*.dl.well1[.]site and reconstruct the encoded executable from their TXT records. The downloaded binary is then executed and removed afterward. Using a PTH file ensures persistence and runs on every Python start. In this campaign, versions 0.0.1 hold disarmed code (without the necessary configuration), which is completed in further updates.

This is a continuation of the 2026-07-haproxy-config-client campaign.


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


Campaign: 2026-07-andreiiiiiii_i


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.


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


 - Downloads and executes a remote executable.


 - covering-tracks


 - persistence


 - abuses-pth


 - data-stored-in-dns


## Affected packages

- `ml-core-airflow-auth`

## Remediation

Refer to the advisory for the patched release.