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Malicious MAL-2026-16274

requests-auroras

PyPI package · versions 2.34.2

Reported Sep 17, 2026 · Updated Sep 18, 2026

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 (afa39517de816c01400eef99ef6ebce1357910c217c5e0ff55e4a252ea15a4c5)
During installation, package starts a reverse shell.

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

Campaign: 2026-09-requests-triwes

Reasons (based on the campaign):

- The package contains code to create a reverse shell, allowing an attacker to execute any commands on the victim's machine.

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

Indicators of compromise

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