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pypi · Malicious package advisory

Malware

requests-auth-toolkit

MAL-2026-847

Malicious code in requests-auth-toolkit (PyPI)

Details


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## Source: kam193 (03bb4c04410c4e3c58d7292eb47f8f76a2fbe5265abea29826ac910e890350d0)
During installation, package installs a script that listens for remote commands and executes them. The script is also added to autostart configuration and disguised as system application. This package also adds a new SSH keys for further persistence


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


Campaign: 2026-02-devtools-webhook-cicd-utils


Reasons (based on the campaign):


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


 - peristence-autorun


 - The package contains code to execute remote commands (probably limited to a specific set) on the victim's machine.


 - obfuscation

Compromised versions (1)

  • 2.1.0

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