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pypi · Malicious package advisory

Malware

requestss3

MAL-2025-972

Malicious code in requestss3 (PyPI)

Details


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## Source: kam193 (1bfd2f315e97954adea4ee625dec63e7faf224270260aea1f9515ea35843b4ee)
Packages that might be part of testing for pentesting / malicious activity / joy, with suspicious activity that does not present any real harm.


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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-simple-tests


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.

Compromised versions (1)

  • 3.3.3.3

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