requessts

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `> 0`

## Source: checkmarx (281d687d37b55f2d202f7ae0a8b421b286a71ebd2992bf7608ebe030ec6f8e53)
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/requessts/MAL-2022-7438.json))

**References:**
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/requessts/MAL-2022-7438.json
- https://medium.com/checkmarx-security/typosquatting-attack-on-requests-one-of-the-most-popular-python-packages-3b0a329a892d
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-969q-fcrj-33xc

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.