MAL-2025-972

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/requestss3/MAL-2025-972.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2025-972
Published
2024-08-23T22:55:41Z
Modified
2026-03-19T12:56:28.106396Z
Summary
Malicious code in requestss3 (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (1bfd2f315e97954adea4ee625dec63e7faf224270260aea1f9515ea35843b4ee)

Packages that might be part of testing for pentesting / malicious activity / joy, with suspicious activity that does not present any real harm.

Category: PROBABLY_PENTEST - Packages looking like typical pentest packages, but also anything that looks like testing, exploring pre-prepared kits, research & co, with clearly low-harm possibilities.

Campaign: GENERIC-simple-tests

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.
Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "import_time": "2025-02-03T18:38:08.807931786Z",
            "versions": [
                "3.3.3.3"
            ],
            "source": "reversing-labs",
            "id": "RLMA-2025-00513",
            "modified_time": "2025-02-03T17:07:48Z",
            "sha256": "5c1919a6dceacc2422a7ccb9e2e41ad542331796200dad33cb7b44b48a52520c"
        },
        {
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:56.371585999Z",
            "sha256": "6da81a1b9fddbafb79b42ac09a07809d7028a7285a073e4ffaa95482c181f4a9",
            "source": "kam193",
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-simple-tests/requestss3",
            "modified_time": "2024-08-23T22:55:41Z",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:19.559390046Z",
            "sha256": "1bfd2f315e97954adea4ee625dec63e7faf224270260aea1f9515ea35843b4ee",
            "source": "kam193",
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-simple-tests/requestss3",
            "modified_time": "2024-08-23T22:55:41Z",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:58.662629404Z",
            "versions": [
                "3.3.3.3"
            ],
            "source": "kam193",
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-simple-tests/requestss3",
            "modified_time": "2024-08-23T22:55:41Z",
            "sha256": "f1705071f9917892e3c957ad2a65f43f81a0217e1c771f2f3589e61bd6a67f83"
        },
        {
            "import_time": "2026-03-19T12:20:23.108089651Z",
            "source": "reversing-labs",
            "id": "RLUA-2026-00712",
            "modified_time": "2026-03-18T12:18:17Z",
            "sha256": "aea10ac6fe8faad5af8032815ee3bc98e3bc3c77d08d138098a2908397b11e47"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / requestss3

Package

Name
requestss3
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Purl
pkg:pypi/requestss3

Affected ranges

Affected versions

3.*
3.3.3.3

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/requestss3/MAL-2025-972.json"