httpz-requests

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 1.8.0`

## Source: kam193 (38eff923106836997e28de6d7173a1553da126be230b341fe64f0c4c215769a2)
The package provides Telegram-based remote access to the machine it runs on. It was deliberately created and used to hack other machines, exfiltrate files and credentials. This package automatically ensures persistence and starts a malicious process on import.


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


Campaign: 2026-08-httpz-requests


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - files-exfiltration


 - rat


 - persistence


 - uses-telegram-bot


 - obfuscation


 - native-extension

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/60dfd99c8d9d6c66d1c4b8763867f28895e6264c/osv/malicious/pypi/httpz-requests/MAL-2026-14130.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/httpz-requests
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/60dfd99c8d9d6c66d1c4b8763867f28895e6264c/osv/malicious/pypi/httpz-requests/MAL-2026-14130.json
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/dd48a61c90e6b9af27f1c47f8abc3d132adf5b94/osv/malicious/pypi/httpz-requests/MAL-2026-14130.json
- https://pypi.org/project/httpz-requests/1.10.0
- https://pypi.org/project/httpz-requests/1.11.0
- https://pypi.org/project/httpz-requests/1.12.0
- https://pypi.org/project/httpz-requests/1.13.0
- https://pypi.org/project/httpz-requests/1.14.0

Compromised versions (1)

• = 1.8.0

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