CRITICAL PyPI Malware
Malicious code in dt-validator (PyPI)
MAL-2026-6728
Published · Modified
Description
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Source: kam193 (0fc0256380d811cdce05ffa9c3644a5f7e4ebd6f7acfce0f955935b42449b17a)
Code contains a function to execute remote code, which at the time of analysis was extracting the "auth_user" table from Django DB. The remote code execution is partially documented and disguised with multiple warnings, but a) the 'convenience function' uses a hardcoded endpoint and loads results to the global namespace, b) the warnings are silenced by default.
Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2026-06-dt-validator
Reasons (based on the campaign):
Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.
action-hidden-in-lib-usage
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