MAL-2026-847

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    MAL-2026-847

    Published: 10 Feb 2026Last Modified: 10 Feb 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in requests-auth-toolkit (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (03bb4c04410c4e3c58d7292eb47f8f76a2fbe5265abea29826ac910e890350d0) During installation, package installs a script that listens for remote commands and executes them. The script is also added to autostart configuration and disguised as system application. This package also adds a new SSH keys for further persistence Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers. Campaign: 2026-02-devtools-webhook-cicd-utils Reasons (based on the campaign): - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation. - peristence-autorun - The package contains code to execute remote commands (probably limited to a specific set) on the victim's machine. - obfuscation

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

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: requests-auth-toolkit

    Purl: pkg:pypi/requests-auth-toolkit

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.1.0
    MAL-2026-847 | CVE-DB