requests-os

GHSA-532q-mjhj-hvmp

Malicious code in requests-os (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 1.0.0`

## Source: kam193 (c944343070e83d2eab122e862b5c7349722ee7ceae5ae21e428926480681d24f)
Package contains capabilities for remote control of the user's computer and exfiltrating data


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


Campaign: 2025-10-requests-os


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - rat


 - typosquatting


 - backdoor


 - exfiltration-generic

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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-os/MAL-2025-191657.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/requests-os
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/requests-os/MAL-2025-191657.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-532q-mjhj-hvmp

Compromised versions (1)

= 1.0.0

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