{"id":"MAL-2026-17191","title":"Malicious code in requests-cache-utils (PyPI)","summary":"Malicious code in requests-cache-utils (PyPI)","severity":"critical","exploited":true,"vendor":"requests-cache-utils","product":"requests-cache-utils","ecosystem":"pip","affected":["requests-cache-utils"],"published":"2026-09-26","updated":"2026-09-26","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-26T23:30:04.770943366Z","source":"OSV","sourceUrl":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-17191","references":[{"url":"https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/274c2b93e3c6ca726f21d02f6a8e3602853dbe775a122f5510c42f1d491995a3/"},{"url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/requests-cache-utils"}],"tags":["osv","pip","malware"],"ingestedAt":"2026-09-27T07:19:10.031Z","slug":"MAL-2026-17191","body":"## Overview\n\n\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (1655ea47fc7ccd39294203776ee3dcb01a394c40d93e05b7b527700b19de42c8)\nDuring installation and importing the module, the code downloads and executes an infostealer.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2026-09-requests-cache-utils\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.\n\n\n - Downloads and executes a remote executable.\n\n\n - malware\n\n\n - infostealer\n\n\n - exfiltration-browser-data\n\n\n## Affected packages\n\n- `requests-cache-utils`\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":[]}