VYPR

pypi · Malicious package advisory

Malware

requests-cache-utils

MAL-2026-17191

Malicious code in requests-cache-utils (PyPI)

Details


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## Source: kam193 (1655ea47fc7ccd39294203776ee3dcb01a394c40d93e05b7b527700b19de42c8)
During installation and importing the module, the code downloads and executes an infostealer.


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


Campaign: 2026-09-requests-cache-utils


Reasons (based on the campaign):


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


 - Downloads and executes a remote executable.


 - malware


 - infostealer


 - exfiltration-browser-data

Compromised versions (1)

  • 1.0.0

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