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Malware

requests-flask

GHSA-2pc6-xjf5-cqmq

Malicious code in requests-flask (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 16.9.16`

## Source: ossf-package-analysis (c161ba3569bb42a4df0893e7bcb73dff9fc8371d01638f7fe27ecdf9011074f0)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'requests-flask' @ 16.9.16 (pypi) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:
- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/requests-flask/MAL-2023-1402.json))

**References:**
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/requests-flask/MAL-2023-1402.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2pc6-xjf5-cqmq

Compromised versions (1)

  • = 16.9.16

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