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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'
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## Overview


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## Source: kam193 (fa01be0759de95b7a1628930718f7b3bf372eff0c777aace419196e327e77078)
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-triwes`

## Remediation

Refer to the advisory for the patched release.