mal-2025-1993
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2025-01-25 16:53
Modified
2025-12-11 09:27
Summary
Malicious code in requestsa (PyPI)
Details

-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-

Source: kam193 (0225bc4f200eb1897522fdfd971233a6c0e06527d802f2574ed4c31e618b1966)

Clone of the requests package that modified the code to send all get and post requests to a hardcoded URL


Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.

Campaign: 2025-01-rqsts

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • clones-real-package

  • dependency-confusion

  • action-hidden-in-lib-usage


{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "requestsa",
        "purl": "pkg:pypi/requestsa"
      },
      "versions": [
        "2.28.1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "credits": [
    {
      "contact": [
        "https://github.com/kam193",
        "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"
      ],
      "name": "Kamil Ma\u0144kowski (kam193)"
    },
    {
      "contact": [
        "https://github.com/kam193",
        "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"
      ],
      "name": "Kamil Ma\u0144kowski (kam193)",
      "type": "ANALYST"
    },
    {
      "contact": [
        "https://www.reversinglabs.com"
      ],
      "name": "ReversingLabs",
      "type": "FINDER"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
      {
        "id": "RLMA-2025-01236",
        "import_time": "2025-03-03T15:07:17.170860767Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-03-03T13:45:16Z",
        "sha256": "8e1380589cc4dd002f191d1a06473a55488c4ce13e44b7e5da52b0cd45c5b439",
        "source": "reversing-labs",
        "versions": [
          "2.28.1"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2025-01-rqsts/requestsa",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.539617281Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-01-25T16:53:01Z",
        "ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
            "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "c492d8af9b616cd1121365e6ea6bd3fe9aa68570be57e3282c99b03fdc269c0c",
        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2025-01-rqsts/requestsa",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:18.57868926Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-01-25T16:53:01Z",
        "ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
            "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "0225bc4f200eb1897522fdfd971233a6c0e06527d802f2574ed4c31e618b1966",
        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2025-01-rqsts/requestsa",
        "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.786573483Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-01-25T16:53:01Z",
        "sha256": "2228f15a98280da1e4fc798a03eaf079a967a53b536c20207e330b594e670e07",
        "source": "kam193",
        "versions": [
          "2.28.1"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (0225bc4f200eb1897522fdfd971233a6c0e06527d802f2574ed4c31e618b1966)\nClone of the requests package that modified the code to send all get and post requests to a hardcoded URL\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2025-01-rqsts \n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - clones-real-package\n\n\n - dependency-confusion\n\n\n - action-hidden-in-lib-usage\n",
  "id": "MAL-2025-1993",
  "modified": "2025-12-11T09:27:53Z",
  "published": "2025-01-25T16:53:01Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/requestsa"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.4",
  "summary": "Malicious code in requestsa (PyPI)"
}


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