http-request-toolkit

GHSA-7jhq-9jwc-529w

Malicious code in http-request-toolkit (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 2.28.3`

## Source: kam193 (13b29a753802db633ab987963543535999a246049761d4d29699b66edf207f13)
During import, package masquerade and starts an embedded executable. The executable has signs of infostealer activity


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


Campaign: 2026-02-requests-toolkit


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - impersonation


 - infostealer


 - malware


 - The package contains code to detect if it is running in a sandbox environment.


 - keylogger

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/http-request-toolkit/MAL-2026-912.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/http-request-toolkit
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/http-request-toolkit/MAL-2026-912.json
- https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/af261caf84b235f17213f8deada55b8b867b5dcf7932330ca1a502e8530a35a5/detection
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7jhq-9jwc-529w

Compromised versions (1)

= 2.28.3

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