requests-asetwe

GHSA-38mf-xcf2-88cp

Malicious code in requests-asetwe (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 2.34.2`

## Source: kam193 (7078a9b4fc2be32cbeb1f2c20ec67834c8e293bd410ceeb4842cacd8340d9835)
Installing the package or importing the module exfiltrates basic information about the host, and the package has no other purpose.


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Category: PROBABLY_PENTEST - Packages looking like typical pentest packages, but also anything that looks like testing, exploring pre-prepared kits, research & co, with clearly low-harm possibilities.


Campaign: GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest


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.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/744ae1d9c9dd0cb76c8e2d2c8e1a3ba80f10d0de/osv/malicious/pypi/requests-asetwe/MAL-2026-16269.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/requests-asetwe
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/744ae1d9c9dd0cb76c8e2d2c8e1a3ba80f10d0de/osv/malicious/pypi/requests-asetwe/MAL-2026-16269.json
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/44c218ef24cf0a946ee5662e20e1cd59a1e6a7b6/osv/malicious/pypi/requests-asetwe/MAL-2026-16269.json
- https://pypi.org/project/requests-asetwe/2.34.2
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-38mf-xcf2-88cp

Compromised versions (1)

= 2.34.2

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