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Malicious MAL-2026-912

http-request-toolkit

PyPI package · versions 2.28.3, 2.28.4, 2.28.5

Reported Feb 16, 2026 · Updated Mar 19, 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 (13b29a753802db633ab987963543535999a246049761d4d29699b66edf207f13)
During import, package masquerade and starts an embedded executable. The executable has signs of infostealer activity

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

Campaign: 2026-02-requests-toolkit

Reasons (based on the campaign):

- impersonation

- infostealer

- malware

- The package contains code to detect if it is running in a sandbox environment.

- keylogger