requetses

GHSA-w926-c6xp-hxcr

Malicious code in requetses (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.1`

## Source: kam193 (d43e83ac1c0257aa1168edf9c20430524b46520f60a5f5a0c0e1c2040afa0c87)
Under a typosquatting name there is a package prepared to exfiltrate photos from a phone, although it requires external trigger.


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


Campaign: 2024-12-requetses


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - typosquatting


 - files-exfiltration

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/requetses/MAL-2025-974.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/requetses
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/requetses/MAL-2025-974.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w926-c6xp-hxcr

Compromised versions (1)

= 0.1

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