MAL-2026-17191

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/requests-cache-utils/MAL-2026-17191.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-17191
Published
2026-09-26T22:49:02Z
Modified
2026-09-26T23:30:04Z
Summary
Malicious code in requests-cache-utils (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (1655ea47fc7ccd39294203776ee3dcb01a394c40d93e05b7b527700b19de42c8)

During installation and importing the module, the code downloads and executes an infostealer.

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

Campaign: 2026-09-requests-cache-utils

Reasons (based on the campaign):

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

  • Downloads and executes a remote executable.

  • malware

  • infostealer

  • exfiltration-browser-data

Database specific 
{
    "iocs":  {
        "ips":  [
            "104.234.65.75"
        ],
        "urls":  [
            "http://104.234.65.75:700/setup.exe"
        ]
    },
    "malicious-packages-origins":  [
        {
            "id":  "pypi/2026-09-requests-cache-utils/requests-cache-utils",
            "import_time":  "2026-09-26T23:15:42.631961173Z",
            "modified_time":  "2026-09-26T22:49:02.799191Z",
            "sha256":  "1655ea47fc7ccd39294203776ee3dcb01a394c40d93e05b7b527700b19de42c8",
            "source":  "kam193",
            "versions":  [
                "1.0.0"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / requests-cache-utils

Package

Name
requests-cache-utils
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Purl
pkg:pypi/requests-cache-utils

Affected ranges

Affected versions

1.*
1.0.0

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/requests-cache-utils/MAL-2026-17191.json"