MAL-2026-17191Critical▾ Abyssal⚠ Exploited in the wildMalicious code in requests-cache-utils (PyPI)
▾ Abyssal zone — Critical with a public exploit or in-the-wild use
impact 52.3 · likelihood 0 · exploitation 18
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During installation and importing the module, the code downloads and executes an infostealer.
Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2026-09-requests-cache-utils
Reasons (based on the campaign):
The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.
Downloads and executes a remote executable.
malware
infostealer
exfiltration-browser-data
requests-cache-utilsRefer to the advisory for the patched release.