If this package is installed
Remove it, treat the machine (or CI runner) as compromised, and rotate every secret, token and key it could access — from a different, clean machine.
Details
Source: kam193 (d343c918303c251cdef262a6e1cbdff6ae797cf56115a81cfa5449732395b63b)
Clone of a legitimate requests library. The hidden code runs when using the requests functionality and starts a Telegram bot awaiting for remote commands.
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Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2026-03-old-requests-lite
Reasons (based on the campaign):
- clones-real-package
- action-hidden-in-lib-usage
- The package contains code to execute remote commands (probably limited to a specific set) on the victim's machine.
- rat
- abusing-3rd-api