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pypi · Malicious package advisory

Malware

reqests-2

GHSA-mm96-j9cg-3j2f

Malicious code in reqests-2 (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 2.32.3`

## Source: kam193 (439152aa004a93a52d0010d5727e26fd0f7c5bf3cb65695cb96a86c2335d57bf)
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Category: PROBABLY_PENTEST - Packages looking like typical pentest packages, but also anything that looks like testing, exploring pre-prepared kits, research & co, with clearly low-harm possibilities.


Campaign: GENERIC-typosquatting-clone-pentest


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - typosquatting

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/reqests-2/MAL-2024-10154.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/reqests-2
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/reqests-2/MAL-2024-10154.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mm96-j9cg-3j2f

Compromised versions (1)

  • = 2.32.3

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