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 (f7d809caa4cb4961377b3c02a06f90ce19136a36297191248a8c6cd289a809f2)
During installation, package loads obfuscated code that then downloads and starts an executable. The final executable is identified as malware and appears to have infostealer capabilities (collecting browser and Discord data).
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Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2026-02-requests-core-plugin
Reasons (based on the campaign):
- malware
- The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.
- impersonation
- obfuscation
- infostealer
Indicators of compromise
Shown defanged and not clickable. Search any indicator to find other packages using it.
URLs
- hxxps://pastebin[.]com/raw/LS7Wq1x0 other packages →
- hxxp://85[.]215[.]240[.]118:8002/updates/Update[.]exe other packages →
IP addresses
- 85[.]215[.]240[.]118 other packages →