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 (bd6d1a5c78d4368dc76a90cc90a68e4264170ed9ef208c8096251798734bb0d6)
py_1requests is a typosquat of the popular `requests` library (leading `1` inserted inside the name). On import, py_1requests/__init__.py iterates os.environ and collects every variable whose name starts with SECRET, API, TOKEN, or KEY, then opens a TCP socket to HOST:PORT and sends the serialized dict; HOST and PORT default to 127.0.0.1:9999 but are overridable via the TS_HOST and TS_PORT environment variables. The same __init__.py spawns a python subprocess that connects to the same host/port and sends a 'SHELL' marker, holding the connection open — a reverse-shell staging path. cli.py prints 'py_1requests installed -- targeting requests' and __init__.py prints '[typosquat] exfiltrating:...', in-source admissions of purpose. Both behaviors fire unconditionally on import with no documented purpose.
Source: kam193 (877b4b612041848c46e9fb32160b85b74e7c3e983a38313017bc8c034e5f93da)
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