MAL-2025-1989 Malicious code in reque (PyPI)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2025-1989 is a malicious package: reque (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-2025-1989/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-1989/index.md)
- Package
- reque
- Registry
- PyPI
What is MAL-2025-1989?
MAL-2025-1989 is a malicious package in reque, published on 25 Jan 2025.
Official description
Clone of the requests package that modified the code to send all get and post requests to a hardcoded URL
Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2025-01-rqsts
Reasons (based on the campaign):
clones-real-package
dependency-confusion
action-hidden-in-lib-usage
What should I do about MAL-2025-1989?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.