requtils

GHSA-r4q3-qr2m-h9pr

Malicious code in requtils (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 1.0.2`

## Source: kam193 (58a7ebfdccf4fd67fac4e6a3c3183918f4682e004468286a5675622ae6fc35c5)
Package attempts to automatically exfiltrate API keys


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


Campaign: 2025-11-requtils


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/requtils/MAL-2025-191857.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/requtils
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/requtils/MAL-2025-191857.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r4q3-qr2m-h9pr

Compromised versions (1)

= 1.0.2

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