{"id":"MAL-2025-971","summary":"Malicious code in requestss2 (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (cc5f79bbd1f7d898cef93f24aa48c839ee4f03a3e641eed065c15094dece6e78)\nPackages that might be part of testing for pentesting / malicious activity / joy, with suspicious activity that does not present any real harm.\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-simple-tests\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.\n","modified":"2026-03-19T12:56:27.756567Z","published":"2024-08-23T22:55:41Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"import_time":"2025-02-03T18:38:08.728266604Z","sha256":"d9ad88f8d922090a6ab22d5b1b5518f400f9cb974fd52afa25bb7f7cb94327a3","modified_time":"2025-02-03T17:07:48Z","id":"RLMA-2025-00512","versions":["3.3.3.3"],"source":"reversing-labs"},{"import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:56.37059685Z","sha256":"f8416a41f33e7b3b0482ca5c50d77977c90d3193028514ed56f3fedfc832f708","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"modified_time":"2024-08-23T22:55:41Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-simple-tests/requestss2","source":"kam193"},{"import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:19.558445362Z","sha256":"cc5f79bbd1f7d898cef93f24aa48c839ee4f03a3e641eed065c15094dece6e78","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"modified_time":"2024-08-23T22:55:41Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-simple-tests/requestss2","source":"kam193"},{"import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:58.661352885Z","sha256":"c65beb66383dcf3d246e281a4344e3b51a65886a078b33e122fa63b675ad94c9","modified_time":"2024-08-23T22:55:41Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-simple-tests/requestss2","versions":["3.3.3.3"],"source":"kam193"},{"import_time":"2026-03-19T12:20:23.005754461Z","sha256":"464601a470d988e676b8826e626f87ce87d94a8a761b7fffba68b4cb90a30ecf","modified_time":"2026-03-18T12:18:16Z","id":"RLUA-2026-00711","source":"reversing-labs"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/requestss2"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"requestss2","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/requestss2"},"versions":["3.3.3.3"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/requestss2/MAL-2025-971.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"}]}