requests-auroras

GHSA-5p5r-2g2v-44x5

Malicious code in requests-auroras (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 2.34.2`

## Source: kam193 (afa39517de816c01400eef99ef6ebce1357910c217c5e0ff55e4a252ea15a4c5)
During installation, package starts a reverse shell.


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


Campaign: 2026-09-requests-triwes


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - The package contains code to create a reverse shell, allowing an attacker to execute any commands on the victim's machine.


 - 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/44c218ef24cf0a946ee5662e20e1cd59a1e6a7b6/osv/malicious/pypi/requests-auroras/MAL-2026-16274.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/requests-auroras
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/44c218ef24cf0a946ee5662e20e1cd59a1e6a7b6/osv/malicious/pypi/requests-auroras/MAL-2026-16274.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5p5r-2g2v-44x5

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.