MAL-2026-2116
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MAL-2026-2116
Summary: Malicious code in reqpack (PyPI)
Details: Source: kam193 (2b2e7d451cecf418103df6ecbe4625c5b08cc561e843e00f4ec37efde665c320) These packages are used as build dependencies of malicious packages in newer waves of the campaign 2026-02-urllib-slim. They are used to split the malicious action between dependencies and are not malicious alone, but are used together to: exfiltrate information through DNS, collect information about the processes and covering tracks by installing packages from local private repositories. Package nspack additionally notifies upon importing a domain known for malicious activity with the package and hostname. Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers. Campaign: 2026-03-geekennedy 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 malicious code is intentionally included in a dependency of the package
Affected packages
Package
Name: reqpack
Purl: pkg:pypi/reqpack
Affected ranges
Type: N/A
Events:
