py-0requests

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## Source: amazon-inspector (bd1f4c6176eadca0e4a460d4434e9957eb9befa90d85feecd49e4baf7f3abb4b)
py-0requests is a homoglyph typosquat of the PyPI package `requests` (letter `o` replaced with digit `0`). On `import py_0requests`, top-level code in the package's `__init__.py` scrapes `os.environ` for keys prefixed with SECRET, API, TOKEN, or KEY and sends the collected dictionary over a TCP socket to a host/port read from `TS_HOST`/`TS_PORT` (defaulting to 127.0.0.1:9999). The same import path spawns a Python subprocess that opens a TCP connection to the same destination, sends a `SHELL` marker, and holds the socket open, providing a reverse-shell handshake to whichever operator controls the destination. The package's CLI banner self-identifies as `targeting requests` and ships no HTTP-client API.

## Source: kam193 (0d447dd088f92d3af66ecad461725f2df268f5f073e22a7293b3f946451933fb)
During import, the code exfiltrates potentially sensitive env variables. In all analyzed versions the exfiltration target was a localhost, suggesting it was just a test.


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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: 2026-09-0requests


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - exfiltration-env-variables


 - typosquatting

Compromised versions (1)

• 0.0.1

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