MAL-2026-17191

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    MAL-2026-17191

    Published: 26 Sept 2026Last Modified: 26 Sept 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in requests-cache-utils (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (1655ea47fc7ccd39294203776ee3dcb01a394c40d93e05b7b527700b19de42c8) During installation and importing the module, the code downloads and executes an infostealer. Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers. Campaign: 2026-09-requests-cache-utils Reasons (based on the campaign): - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation. - Downloads and executes a remote executable. - malware - infostealer - exfiltration-browser-data

    References: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/274c2b93e3c6ca726f21d02f6a8e3602853dbe775a122f5510c42f1d491995a3/, https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/requests-cache-utils

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: requests-cache-utils

    Purl: pkg:pypi/requests-cache-utils

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.0.0