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Malware

requestts

GHSA-776g-c8vq-92gc

Malicious code in requestts (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `> 0`

## Source: checkmarx (0c0ffc8f86c690c110698019cf875b931478cfd7c059ea4da99532950ae57829)
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/requestts/MAL-2022-7439.json))

**References:**
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/requestts/MAL-2022-7439.json
- https://medium.com/checkmarx-security/typosquatting-attack-on-requests-one-of-the-most-popular-python-packages-3b0a329a892d
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-776g-c8vq-92gc

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.