# MAL-2025-191802: Malicious code in netmanagement (PyPI)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `netmanagement` (PyPI)
- **Published:** 7 Sep 2025

## What is MAL-2025-191802?

MAL-2025-191802 is a malicious package in netmanagement, published on 7 Sep 2025. 

### Official description

The package appears to be a PoC of overwriting "requests" package files. The new "requests/__init__.py" takes over common requests features and uses the implementation that a) logs every request to a file (but no external exfiltration, this may also be expected in some situations); b) after every 5 requests, opens the calculator app. The second shows clearly that the intention is to present a security risk, not create a real package.

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Category: PROBABLY_PENTEST - Packages looking like typical pentest packages, but also anything that looks like testing, exploring pre-prepared kits, research & co, with clearly low-harm possibilities.

Campaign: 2025-08-netmanagement

Reasons (based on the campaign):

 - action-hidden-in-lib-usage

 - other

## What should I do about MAL-2025-191802?

Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
MAL-2025-191802 is a malicious package: netmanagement (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-2025-191802/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-191802/index.md)
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## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2025-191802

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-191802/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.