MAL-2025-1989

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/reque/MAL-2025-1989.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2025-1989
Published
2025-01-25T16:53:01Z
Modified
2026-03-19T12:56:17Z
Summary
Malicious code in reque (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (8ce48406d7fce137de7e9a500179d7d6fcc5857714587372c977c5d6793cad30)

Clone of the requests package that modified the code to send all get and post requests to a hardcoded URL

Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.

Campaign: 2025-01-rqsts

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • clones-real-package

  • dependency-confusion

  • action-hidden-in-lib-usage

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins":  [
        {
            "id":  "RLMA-2025-01232",
            "import_time":  "2025-03-03T15:07:16.723354794Z",
            "modified_time":  "2025-03-03T13:45:13Z",
            "sha256":  "29aefd9ca63f8ee7fea9da5bf797eb4521431fac5ecee585297799a6264f1449",
            "source":  "reversing-labs",
            "versions":  [
                "2.28.1"
            ]
        },
        {
            "id":  "pypi/2025-01-rqsts/reque",
            "import_time":  "2025-12-02T22:30:55.533410331Z",
            "modified_time":  "2025-01-25T16:53:01Z",
            "ranges":  [
                {
                    "events":  [
                        {
                            "introduced":  "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type":  "ECOSYSTEM"
                }
            ],
            "sha256":  "2868969f8f103a53f2d494ac3568026c853853f99dd462dadb68b038a46cc319",
            "source":  "kam193"
        },
        {
            "id":  "pypi/2025-01-rqsts/reque",
            "import_time":  "2025-12-02T23:07:18.571402023Z",
            "modified_time":  "2025-01-25T16:53:01Z",
            "ranges":  [
                {
                    "events":  [
                        {
                            "introduced":  "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type":  "ECOSYSTEM"
                }
            ],
            "sha256":  "8ce48406d7fce137de7e9a500179d7d6fcc5857714587372c977c5d6793cad30",
            "source":  "kam193"
        },
        {
            "id":  "pypi/2025-01-rqsts/reque",
            "import_time":  "2025-12-10T21:38:57.780164205Z",
            "modified_time":  "2025-01-25T16:53:01Z",
            "sha256":  "c054f35fcaaeb583dc752886025bafb2b905c04e6c0060798fdbc3109f655576",
            "source":  "kam193",
            "versions":  [
                "2.28.1"
            ]
        },
        {
            "id":  "RLUA-2026-00700",
            "import_time":  "2026-03-19T12:20:22.023644357Z",
            "modified_time":  "2026-03-18T12:18:09Z",
            "sha256":  "f101fc291d74fc131e907585f697741bc9431e84a0c6b1f4a96912eba7ae2dad",
            "source":  "reversing-labs"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / reque

Package

Name
reque
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Purl
pkg:pypi/reque

Affected ranges

Affected versions

2.*
2.28.1

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/reque/MAL-2025-1989.json"