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pypi · Malicious package advisory

Malware

requests-toolkit

MAL-2026-903

Malicious code in requests-toolkit (PyPI)

Details


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## Source: kam193 (ccf88804317b4caf9661eb94c320a521f7689c5cf26a8754ec219d268fc9c873)
During import, package masquerade and starts an embedded executable. The executable has signs of infostealer activity


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


Campaign: 2026-02-requests-toolkit


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - impersonation


 - infostealer


 - malware


 - The package contains code to detect if it is running in a sandbox environment.


 - keylogger

Compromised versions (2)

  • 0.1.2
  • 0.1.3

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