MAL-2026-16274

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    MAL-2026-16274

    Published: 17 Sept 2026Last Modified: 18 Sept 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in requests-auroras (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (afa39517de816c01400eef99ef6ebce1357910c217c5e0ff55e4a252ea15a4c5) During installation, package starts a reverse shell. Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers. Campaign: 2026-09-requests-triwes Reasons (based on the campaign): - The package contains code to create a reverse shell, allowing an attacker to execute any commands on the victim's machine. - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.

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

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: requests-auroras

    Purl: pkg:pypi/requests-auroras

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.34.2