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: amazon-inspector (ce3a594da2523b6481bd4639f5d3aaed9ec11a9adf92c2b99bf99d0ab6fb5b78)
The package name '0requests' is a one-character variant of the popular PyPI package 'requests'. On import of the top-level package, __init__.py enumerates os.environ and collects every variable whose name begins with SECRET, API, TOKEN, or KEY, then opens a TCP socket to a host/port taken from the TS_HOST and TS_PORT environment variables and sends the serialized dictionary of credential-shaped variables. The same import path spawns a python subprocess that connects to the same TS_HOST:TS_PORT, sends a 'SHELL' marker, and sleeps to keep the socket open, providing a remote-controlled shell channel on the host. Console output includes '0requests installed -- targeting requests' and a '[typosquat] exfiltrating' log line, confirming intent.
Source: kam193 (b42d4eed37375dfa065db35c2e08365b9557b442c935e645b3e82564c4c32d7c)
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