MAL-2024-5221

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    MAL-2024-5221

    Published: 25 Jun 2024Last Modified: 19 Mar 2026Aliases: 
    SNYK-PYTHON-HTTPREQUESTHUB-6139265

    Summary: Malicious code in httprequesthub (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (9cb098bd2812c755619c73b684023bf34629af2974cb8ef5d522a58be75a571a) Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers. Campaign: 2023-11-update-information-endpoint Reasons (based on the campaign): - obfuscation - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation. - typosquatting

    References: https://medium.com/checkmarx-security/python-packages-leverage-github-to-deploy-fileless-malware-b6c281dea58f, https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-HTTPREQUESTHUB-6139265, https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/httprequesthub, https://www.reversinglabs.com/blog/malware-leveraging-public-infrastructure-like-github-on-the-rise

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: httprequesthub

    Purl: pkg:pypi/httprequesthub

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.31.3
    2.31.1
    2.31.0
    2.31.4
    MAL-2024-5221 | CVE-DB