equests

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `> 0`

## Source: checkmarx (b07d61adac5cc418902b2b527453dcd02eacb4411a61ea7456c8a9546479e59a)
Malicious packages typosquatting the popular requests package. payload execute a cryptomining malware

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/equests/MAL-2022-7433.json))

**References:**
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/equests/MAL-2022-7433.json
- https://medium.com/checkmarx-security/typosquatting-attack-on-requests-one-of-the-most-popular-python-packages-3b0a329a892d
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-44xf-g2q3-6wrf

Compromised versions (1)

• > 0

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