MAL-2026-15862

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/py-2equests/MAL-2026-15862.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-15862
Published
2026-09-03T17:01:50Z
Modified
2026-09-04T01:00:06.003624807Z
Summary
Malicious code in py-2equests (PyPI)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (9bd7b93cf88d0fbcca30c50d9c9de6e14134cd2890be5a7a785e9330e98a988c)

py-2equests is a typosquat of the popular 'requests' package (substituting '2' for 'r'). On import py_2equests, the top-level module body iterates os.environ and collects all variables whose keys start with SECRET, API, TOKEN, or KEY, then opens a TCP socket to a host/port taken from the TSHOST/TSPORT environment variables (defaulting to 127.0.0.1:9999 but overridable to any remote destination) and sends the collected secrets over it. The same import path then spawns a python subprocess that connects back to the same TSHOST:TSPORT, sends the literal 'SHELL', and holds the socket open as a reverse-shell channel, described in an author comment as a 'reverse shell hook'. A code comment reads 'Exfiltrate env vars and open reverse shell on install' and the CLI prints 'py_2equests installed -- targeting requests', self-documenting the intent. Any process that imports the package leaks credential-shaped environment variables and grants remote shell access to whoever controls the configured destination.

Source: kam193 (e77ec1203f9d490621144227c797d33bf3271c674bcc248fbaf16aaeca9bd106)

During import, the code exfiltrates potentially sensitive env variables. In all analyzed versions the exfiltration target was a localhost, suggesting it was just a test.

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: 2026-09-0requests

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • exfiltration-env-variables

  • typosquatting

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "import_time": "2026-09-03T17:16:47.037286544Z",
            "source": "kam193",
            "versions": [
                "0.0.1"
            ],
            "id": "pypi/2026-09-0requests/py-2equests",
            "modified_time": "2026-09-03T17:01:50.51128Z",
            "sha256": "e77ec1203f9d490621144227c797d33bf3271c674bcc248fbaf16aaeca9bd106"
        },
        {
            "import_time": "2026-09-04T00:45:54.318499958Z",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "versions": [
                "0.0.1"
            ],
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-019378",
            "modified_time": "2026-09-03T23:49:01Z",
            "sha256": "9bd7b93cf88d0fbcca30c50d9c9de6e14134cd2890be5a7a785e9330e98a988c"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / py-2equests

Package

Name
py-2equests
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Purl
pkg:pypi/py-2equests

Affected ranges

Affected versions

0.*
0.0.1

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/py-2equests/MAL-2026-15862.json"
indicators 
{
    "evidence_files": [
        {
            "path": "py_2equests/__init__.py",
            "tlsh": "00111ee2e859092d307a67428527503da3b3d2415b35680277b85e32af37ba8307a6b8",
            "sha256": "b2a6588476f40845a2df173d57d436dc47c0dfd044bcffdc936be1b509cffd3d"
        }
    ],
    "package_integrity": [
        {
            "filename": "py_2equests-0.0.1-py3-none-any.whl",
            "hashes": {
                "sha256": "9fa4dd3ec0b6eb1ac11f51898d1363313a34371dabb5178a858675b6e859abf1",
                "blake2b_256": "ae7abbbc0c3cafea1141b6f05493592ccc639da2e8068cdb6346c957e0659aaa",
                "md5": "e75ed3e1f281ef7fa58dc6562f3bdb1b"
            }
        },
        {
            "filename": "py_2equests-0.0.1.tar.gz",
            "hashes": {
                "md5": "577abf03376ee927ce140afa1a2d5e0e",
                "blake2b_256": "ed73029459271648afc30887b464f5775b5ac799c69521a02c7a3f33f20ddcf9",
                "sha256": "5095d0802783fd0197c34885b2c4d0d197317cc636f9e5e8532ff4ceb17292ea"
            }
        }
    ]
}
cwes 
[
    {
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "cweId": "CWE-506",
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
    }
]