requests-x64

GHSA-65fm-4h85-2596

Malicious code in requests-x64 (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 2.0.0`

## Source: kam193 (996690f6aae3ce7456b45309072e2b12f5afda24b2f58e7f66b004c1f2b99872)
Code in setup.py attempts to silently download and execute an executable. The file contains a malware


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


Campaign: 2025-02-requests-x64


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - Downloads and executes a remote executable.

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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-x64/MAL-2025-1992.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/requests-x64
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/requests-x64/MAL-2025-1992.json
- https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/91278add45dd263f081394b27cd0ac3e2e951bb2de9d97dfc235563776d171c5
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-65fm-4h85-2596

Compromised versions (1)

= 2.0.0

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