{"id":"MAL-2024-5221","summary":"Malicious code in httprequesthub (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (9cb098bd2812c755619c73b684023bf34629af2974cb8ef5d522a58be75a571a)\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2023-11-update-information-endpoint\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - obfuscation\n\n\n - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.\n\n\n - typosquatting\n","aliases":["SNYK-PYTHON-HTTPREQUESTHUB-6139265"],"modified":"2026-03-19T12:53:30.680581Z","published":"2024-06-25T13:36:05Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"versions":["2.31.3","2.31.1","2.31.0","2.31.4"],"modified_time":"2024-06-25T13:36:05Z","import_time":"2024-06-28T02:49:09.088838839Z","id":"RLMA-2024-04003","source":"reversing-labs","sha256":"e2da341d77a84522b98021d1c613853bfbed53b58c3938454866295eea2d4455"},{"modified_time":"2024-10-16T14:42:07Z","import_time":"2024-10-24T00:59:17.866606082Z","id":"RLUA-2024-08364","source":"reversing-labs","sha256":"05521880daba3c36411d645f6a5f848e45b17ad69b900107084262371a1e3267"},{"modified_time":"2024-08-09T19:17:59Z","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:55.256392262Z","id":"pypi/2023-11-update-information-endpoint/httprequesthub","source":"kam193","sha256":"e80ca08c5d67e62c33fd5548d3f2bf07f514f095442a3446950f58e02ebf54f7","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}]},{"modified_time":"2024-08-09T19:17:59Z","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:18.279308045Z","id":"pypi/2023-11-update-information-endpoint/httprequesthub","source":"kam193","sha256":"9cb098bd2812c755619c73b684023bf34629af2974cb8ef5d522a58be75a571a","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}]},{"versions":["2.31.0","2.31.1","2.31.3","2.31.4"],"modified_time":"2024-08-09T19:17:59Z","import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:57.531852252Z","id":"pypi/2023-11-update-information-endpoint/httprequesthub","source":"kam193","sha256":"3fe0cfce57bd2592d7757d2d27b155141eb46a724ceb1754088a595281665e85"},{"modified_time":"2025-12-23T08:38:43Z","import_time":"2025-12-24T10:07:36.530700135Z","id":"RLUA-2025-06570","source":"reversing-labs","sha256":"13a37dc9fbda24988fad628b61ef6c553da23bb7e26d74bc4c85e06bc0188baa"},{"modified_time":"2026-03-18T12:14:45Z","import_time":"2026-03-19T12:19:52.647641276Z","id":"RLUA-2026-00399","source":"reversing-labs","sha256":"138ced64777564c2d2780bb5da3a775836b1c809672b8b3b2d30a9d935479ff8"}]},"references":[{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"https://medium.com/checkmarx-security/python-packages-leverage-github-to-deploy-fileless-malware-b6c281dea58f"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-HTTPREQUESTHUB-6139265"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/httprequesthub"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"https://www.reversinglabs.com/blog/malware-leveraging-public-infrastructure-like-github-on-the-rise"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"httprequesthub","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/httprequesthub"},"versions":["2.31.3","2.31.1","2.31.0","2.31.4"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/httprequesthub/MAL-2024-5221.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"]},{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"ANALYST"},{"name":"ReversingLabs","contact":["https://www.reversinglabs.com"],"type":"FINDER"}]}