MAL-2026-16274

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/requests-auroras/MAL-2026-16274.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-16274
Published
2026-09-17T23:53:35Z
Modified
2026-09-18T01:00:06Z
Summary
Malicious code in requests-auroras (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (afa39517de816c01400eef99ef6ebce1357910c217c5e0ff55e4a252ea15a4c5)

During installation, package starts a reverse shell.

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

Campaign: 2026-09-requests-triwes

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • The package contains code to create a reverse shell, allowing an attacker to execute any commands on the victim's machine.

  • The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.

Database specific 
{
    "iocs": {
        "ips": [
            "159.223.233.170"
        ]
    },
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "id": "pypi/2026-09-requests-triwes/requests-auroras",
            "import_time": "2026-09-18T00:47:18.804895652Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-09-17T23:53:35.403303Z",
            "sha256": "afa39517de816c01400eef99ef6ebce1357910c217c5e0ff55e4a252ea15a4c5",
            "source": "kam193",
            "versions": [
                "2.34.2"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / requests-auroras

Package

Name
requests-auroras
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Purl
pkg:pypi/requests-auroras

Affected ranges

Affected versions

2.*
2.34.2

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/requests-auroras/MAL-2026-16274.json"