requests-auroras

{"modified":"2026-09-17T23:53:35Z","published":"2026-09-17T23:53:35Z","schema_version":"1.7.4","id":"MAL-2026-16274","summary":"Malicious code in requests-auroras (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (afa39517de816c01400eef99ef6ebce1357910c217c5e0ff55e4a252ea15a4c5)\nDuring installation, package starts a reverse shell.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2026-09-requests-triwes\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - The package contains code to create a reverse shell, allowing an attacker to execute any commands on the victim's machine.\n\n\n - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.\n","affected":[{"package":{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"requests-auroras"},"versions":["2.34.2"]}],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/requests-auroras"}],"credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","type":"ANALYST","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"]}],"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"]}]}}