MAL-2025-966

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/reqest/MAL-2025-966.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2025-966
Published
2024-12-24T18:09:49Z
Modified
2026-03-19T12:56:17.324580Z
Summary
Malicious code in reqest (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (35a7c05f500ebad2694b0b98105f189762f1892d35081dfd36a47787a2205f59)

Importing the module downloads and starts an infostealer attempting to exfiltrate data and establishing persistence through autorun directory.

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

Campaign: 2024-12-reqesst

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • infostealer

  • peristence-autorun

  • typosquatting

  • exfiltration-generic

  • Downloads and executes a remote executable.

  • clones-real-package

  • dependency-confusion

  • exfiltration-browser-data

  • exfiltration-crypto

Database specific 
{
    "iocs": {
        "urls": [
            "https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/d4ftoxxvovr12f4tjh0mc/H7Glqp2Vy.exe?rlkey=z323u7r1ipm2tegn2dqlqzv9l&st=9gg48qpa&dl=1"
        ]
    },
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "versions": [
                "0.0.1",
                "2.32.2",
                "2.32.3"
            ],
            "id": "RLMA-2025-00507",
            "modified_time": "2025-02-03T17:07:46Z",
            "import_time": "2025-02-03T18:38:08.451248258Z",
            "sha256": "8de8096d1e3df2d3158a0fac832dabfc338ab7191ef7abd85ac0c6ab40bea722",
            "source": "reversing-labs"
        },
        {
            "id": "pypi/2024-12-reqesst/reqest",
            "modified_time": "2024-12-24T18:09:49Z",
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.530154015Z",
            "sha256": "5c312677f39911b9857e8d680b9c0b9f95c9ac9e3661ed792c9581b660670c85",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "source": "kam193"
        },
        {
            "id": "pypi/2024-12-reqesst/reqest",
            "modified_time": "2024-12-24T18:09:49Z",
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:18.567540801Z",
            "sha256": "35a7c05f500ebad2694b0b98105f189762f1892d35081dfd36a47787a2205f59",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "source": "kam193"
        },
        {
            "versions": [
                "0.0.1",
                "2.32.3",
                "2.32.2"
            ],
            "id": "pypi/2024-12-reqesst/reqest",
            "modified_time": "2024-12-24T18:09:49Z",
            "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.776104708Z",
            "sha256": "d371a722fb85bc85d5c37ba100708013a35ac82ce9217cd28c41d8de28dd53d2",
            "source": "kam193"
        },
        {
            "versions": [
                "0.0.1",
                "2.32.2",
                "2.32.3"
            ],
            "id": "pypi/2024-12-reqesst/reqest",
            "modified_time": "2024-12-24T18:09:49Z",
            "import_time": "2025-12-30T22:39:04.157577245Z",
            "sha256": "dfdfce702ca54e49f9322f4231e3eed82850b5cc1201f85c73223472921d8dde",
            "source": "kam193"
        },
        {
            "id": "RLUA-2026-00695",
            "modified_time": "2026-03-18T12:18:06Z",
            "import_time": "2026-03-19T12:20:21.536141768Z",
            "sha256": "605494460ec5e159518a1f1e0432c5fe683ad6277dd2487038f02f73f1a5d6af",
            "source": "reversing-labs"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / reqest

Package

Name
reqest
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Purl
pkg:pypi/reqest

Affected ranges

Affected versions

0.*
0.0.1
2.*
2.32.2
2.32.3

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/reqest/MAL-2025-966.json"