{"id":"MAL-2026-16275","title":"Malicious code in requests-triwes (PyPI)","summary":"Malicious code in requests-triwes (PyPI)","severity":"critical","exploited":true,"vendor":"requests-triwes","product":"requests-triwes","ecosystem":"pip","affected":["requests-triwes"],"published":"2026-09-17","updated":"2026-09-18","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-18T01:00:06.102944980Z","source":"OSV","sourceUrl":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-16275","references":[{"url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/requests-triwes"}],"tags":["osv","pip","malware"],"ingestedAt":"2026-09-18T16:21:29.480Z","slug":"MAL-2026-16275","body":"## Overview\n\n\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (fa01be0759de95b7a1628930718f7b3bf372eff0c777aace419196e327e77078)\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-triwes`\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":[]}