MAL-2025-1991

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/requesra/MAL-2025-1991.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2025-1991
Published
2025-01-25T16:53:01Z
Modified
2026-03-19T12:56:16.472087Z
Summary
Malicious code in requesra (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (42ce5266dc952340618c995bfe692bd0f801b7b3d098188739aa66038074122e)

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": [
        {
            "sha256": "043d9ce2e45f8664489ff09e45cc8da71167e8c8afd701d349cb62f0a56d5a1f",
            "id": "RLMA-2025-01234",
            "versions": [
                "2.28.1"
            ],
            "import_time": "2025-03-03T15:07:16.968179613Z",
            "modified_time": "2025-03-03T13:45:15Z",
            "source": "reversing-labs"
        },
        {
            "sha256": "cae844115e69e37d56e1c68eded05d0dfad6b2a584f999ef7e79fc1e4c86ce49",
            "id": "pypi/2025-01-rqsts/requesra",
            "modified_time": "2025-01-25T16:53:01Z",
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.53593581Z",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
                }
            ],
            "source": "kam193"
        },
        {
            "sha256": "42ce5266dc952340618c995bfe692bd0f801b7b3d098188739aa66038074122e",
            "id": "pypi/2025-01-rqsts/requesra",
            "modified_time": "2025-01-25T16:53:01Z",
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:18.57383349Z",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
                }
            ],
            "source": "kam193"
        },
        {
            "sha256": "5020d0764d9327f6e9bc3a07d2c336edfc877455c3f7b3f0ea7cfd9f29742ff9",
            "id": "pypi/2025-01-rqsts/requesra",
            "versions": [
                "2.28.1"
            ],
            "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.782698229Z",
            "modified_time": "2025-01-25T16:53:01Z",
            "source": "kam193"
        },
        {
            "sha256": "9ffafa26590e662a696d1b8cff78902addb6f20a38f7a916815fc43189622aee",
            "id": "RLUA-2026-00702",
            "modified_time": "2026-03-18T12:18:10Z",
            "import_time": "2026-03-19T12:20:22.228014878Z",
            "source": "reversing-labs"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / requesra

Package

Name
requesra
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Purl
pkg:pypi/requesra

Affected ranges

Affected versions

2.*
2.28.1

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/requesra/MAL-2025-1991.json"