{"id":"MAL-2025-4239","summary":"Malicious code in rqeuets (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (92b72b3d477812895ac9758fb085afd1bc8840f817d7bcc491b4b36c8215e79d)\nInstalling the package or importing the module exfiltrates basic information about the host, and the package has no other purpose.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: 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.\n\n\nCampaign: GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.\n\n\n - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.\n","modified":"2026-03-19T12:56:42.288536Z","published":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"sha256":"bdb47593f6fec408c63906f8074c90708bf84bf3c6e8c6d44102fd5d18dceca0","source":"reversing-labs","modified_time":"2025-05-22T12:33:46Z","import_time":"2025-05-22T14:06:37.615021287Z","id":"RLMA-2025-02596","versions":["0.0.1","0.0.2","0.0.3"]},{"sha256":"f73239c63b24cdf05e2568c6d875180d185df636bf964fcb77e29d7184579f87","source":"kam193","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:56.378283025Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/rqeuets"},{"sha256":"92b72b3d477812895ac9758fb085afd1bc8840f817d7bcc491b4b36c8215e79d","source":"kam193","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:19.565487872Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/rqeuets"},{"sha256":"23fce2f66a9ce5b82c8a0810a94b252169666ad4e3a70acf8ac3a83ed00c2a27","source":"kam193","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:58.668208743Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/rqeuets","versions":["0.0.1","0.0.2","0.0.3"]},{"sha256":"1025406da4a495aac1aba5794a7144196219cffb37ad868a4f040c09a06a2762","source":"reversing-labs","modified_time":"2026-03-18T12:18:30Z","import_time":"2026-03-19T12:20:24.849130276Z","id":"RLUA-2026-00730"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/rqeuets"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"rqeuets","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/rqeuets"},"versions":["0.0.1","0.0.2","0.0.3"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/rqeuets/MAL-2025-4239.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":"REPORTER"},{"name":"ReversingLabs","contact":["https://www.reversinglabs.com"],"type":"FINDER"}]}