{"id":"MAL-2026-1004","summary":"Malicious code in request-httpx-9 (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (d8547656202b4eac0d914d466c2fe1d3bf17210c63af75ac2d8e020f5d0ef28c)\nThe package contains a Telegram bot running allowing for remote access. This functionality is disclosed in the readme, but the package name clearly indicates it's either a dependency confusion attempt or it's intended to be hidden from the user in the installed environment.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2026-02-request-httpx-4\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - dependency-confusion\n\n\n - The package contains code to execute remote commands (probably limited to a specific set) on the victim's machine.\n\n\n - files-exfiltration\n","modified":"2026-02-24T11:55:19.008398Z","published":"2026-02-24T09:11:42Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"modified_time":"2026-02-24T09:11:42.329114Z","source":"kam193","versions":["0.0.1"],"id":"pypi/2026-02-request-httpx-4/request-httpx-9","import_time":"2026-02-24T09:49:41.787046613Z","sha256":"d8547656202b4eac0d914d466c2fe1d3bf17210c63af75ac2d8e020f5d0ef28c"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/request-httpx-9"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"request-httpx-9","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/request-httpx-9"},"versions":["0.0.1"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/request-httpx-9/MAL-2026-1004.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"REPORTER"}]}