{"id":"MAL-2026-16274","title":"Malicious code in requests-auroras (PyPI)","summary":"Malicious code in requests-auroras (PyPI)","severity":"critical","exploited":true,"vendor":"requests-auroras","product":"requests-auroras","ecosystem":"pip","affected":["requests-auroras"],"published":"2026-09-17","updated":"2026-09-18","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-18T01:00:06.099356459Z","source":"OSV","sourceUrl":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-16274","references":[{"url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/requests-auroras"}],"tags":["osv","pip","malware"],"ingestedAt":"2026-09-18T16:21:29.480Z","slug":"MAL-2026-16274","body":"## Overview\n\n\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\n\n## Affected packages\n\n- `requests-auroras`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the advisory for the patched release.","depth":"abyssal","depthScore":70,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":52.3,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":18,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}