req-pre-automate

GHSA-fx95-v5f6-9cwc

Malicious code in req-pre-automate (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.0.3`

## Source: kam193 (6ce39a0e7a45f8d70e0e7e0d0e597b5029dcfcdd422ec0fec324921c5021a9ca)
If run, the package exfiltrates AWS credentials. Though it's described as test, the exfiltration really happens


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


Campaign: 2025-07-jsonreq-ase


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - exfiltration-credentials

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/req-pre-automate/MAL-2025-191855.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/req-pre-automate
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/req-pre-automate/MAL-2025-191855.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fx95-v5f6-9cwc

Compromised versions (1)

= 0.0.3

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