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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'
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## Overview


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## Source: kam193 (afa39517de816c01400eef99ef6ebce1357910c217c5e0ff55e4a252ea15a4c5)
During installation, package starts a reverse shell.


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Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.


Campaign: 2026-09-requests-triwes


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - The package contains code to create a reverse shell, allowing an attacker to execute any commands on the victim's machine.


 - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.


## Affected packages

- `requests-auroras`

## Remediation

Refer to the advisory for the patched release.