MAL-2026-3701

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/api-request-helpers/MAL-2026-3701.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-3701
Published
2026-05-13T20:04:37Z
Modified
2026-05-13T21:21:25.119966Z
Summary
Malicious code in api-request-helpers (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (c8e8b70ac4deca30691d583ac6891034222b7458bf5ba9e7b86cf5e6627d8abb)

During installation, package exfiltrates some basic info to a GitHub issue comment, and then attempt to set up a persistent infostealer focused on exfiltrating crypto wallets and browsers data. Likely continuation of 2026-05-py-requests

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

Campaign: 2025-06-alembic-util

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • infostealer

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

  • crypto-related

  • Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.

  • exfiltration-browser-data

  • exfiltration-crypto

  • persistence

  • typosquatting

Database specific 
{
    "iocs": {
        "urls": [
            "https://api.github.com/repos/guellemilb/c2-relay/issues/1/comments",
            "https://gist.githubusercontent.com/guellemilb/631fb6348967d9d475125edf67048c0e/raw/build_utils.py/raw/pyrat_light.py",
            "https://gist.githubusercontent.com/guellemilb/631fb6348967d9d475125edf67048c0e/raw/build_utils.py"
        ]
    },
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "versions": [
                "0.185.132"
            ],
            "id": "pypi/2025-06-alembic-util/api-request-helpers",
            "modified_time": "2026-05-13T20:04:37.749101Z",
            "import_time": "2026-05-13T21:05:10.358594252Z",
            "sha256": "c8e8b70ac4deca30691d583ac6891034222b7458bf5ba9e7b86cf5e6627d8abb",
            "source": "kam193"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / api-request-helpers

Package

Name
api-request-helpers
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Purl
pkg:pypi/api-request-helpers

Affected ranges

Affected versions

0.*
0.185.132

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/api-request-helpers/MAL-2026-3701.json"