MAL-2025-191763 Malicious code in hyper-request (PyPI)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2025-191763 is a malicious package: hyper-request (PyPI). Every version was published to cause harm.
Task:
1. Search this repository's dependency manifests and lockfiles for the package, including transitive dependencies.
2. If it is present, remove it, regenerate the lockfile with the project's package manager, and replace whatever it was used for.
3. List any CI runners, developer machines or containers that installed it, so their secrets can be rotated.
4. If the package is not used anywhere, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-191763/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-191763/index.md)
- Package
- hyper-request
- Registry
- PyPI
What is MAL-2025-191763?
MAL-2025-191763 is a malicious package in hyper-request, published on 5 Apr 2025.
Official description
The only functionality is to exfiltrated Roblox cookies. However, the current version does not contain the webhook url yet (see reqhandler.py)
Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2025-04-hyper-request
Reasons (based on the campaign):
- exfiltration-browser-data
What should I do about MAL-2025-191763?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.