MAL-2026-1291

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    MAL-2026-1291

    Published: 9 Mar 2026Last Modified: 9 Mar 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in requests-lite (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (d343c918303c251cdef262a6e1cbdff6ae797cf56115a81cfa5449732395b63b) Clone of a legitimate requests library. The hidden code runs when using the requests functionality and starts a Telegram bot awaiting for remote commands. Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers. Campaign: 2026-03-old-requests-lite Reasons (based on the campaign): - clones-real-package - action-hidden-in-lib-usage - The package contains code to execute remote commands (probably limited to a specific set) on the victim's machine. - rat - abusing-3rd-api

    References: https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/requests-lite

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: requests-lite

    Purl: pkg:pypi/requests-lite

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.32.3
    2.32.4
    2.32.5
    2.32.7
    MAL-2026-1291 | CVE-DB