{"id":"MAL-2025-972","summary":"Malicious code in requestss3 (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (1bfd2f315e97954adea4ee625dec63e7faf224270260aea1f9515ea35843b4ee)\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":"2026-03-19T12:56:28.106396Z","published":"2024-08-23T22:55:41Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"versions":["3.3.3.3"],"sha256":"5c1919a6dceacc2422a7ccb9e2e41ad542331796200dad33cb7b44b48a52520c","modified_time":"2025-02-03T17:07:48Z","id":"RLMA-2025-00513","source":"reversing-labs","import_time":"2025-02-03T18:38:08.807931786Z"},{"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"sha256":"6da81a1b9fddbafb79b42ac09a07809d7028a7285a073e4ffaa95482c181f4a9","modified_time":"2024-08-23T22:55:41Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-simple-tests/requestss3","source":"kam193","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:56.371585999Z"},{"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"sha256":"1bfd2f315e97954adea4ee625dec63e7faf224270260aea1f9515ea35843b4ee","modified_time":"2024-08-23T22:55:41Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-simple-tests/requestss3","source":"kam193","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:19.559390046Z"},{"versions":["3.3.3.3"],"sha256":"f1705071f9917892e3c957ad2a65f43f81a0217e1c771f2f3589e61bd6a67f83","modified_time":"2024-08-23T22:55:41Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-simple-tests/requestss3","source":"kam193","import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:58.662629404Z"},{"sha256":"aea10ac6fe8faad5af8032815ee3bc98e3bc3c77d08d138098a2908397b11e47","modified_time":"2026-03-18T12:18:17Z","id":"RLUA-2026-00712","source":"reversing-labs","import_time":"2026-03-19T12:20:23.108089651Z"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/requestss3"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"requestss3","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/requestss3"},"versions":["3.3.3.3"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/requestss3/MAL-2025-972.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"}]}