pypi

requests-lite @2.32.7

Vulnerability report · Last retrieved from osv.dev August 14, 2026 at 12:32 PM UTC

Malicious

OSV ID

MAL-2026-1291

Ecosystem

pypi

Summary

Clone of a legitimate requests library. The hidden code runs when using the requests functionality and starts a Telegram bot awaiting for remote commands. --- Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers. Campaign: 2026-03-old-requests-lite Reasons (based on the campaign): - clones-real-package - action-hidden-in-lib-usage - The package contains code to execute remote commands (probably limited to a specific set) on the victim's machine. - rat - abusing-3rd-api

Source: kam193 (d343c918303c251cdef262a6e1cbdff6ae797cf56115a81cfa5449732395b63b)

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