# MAL-2026-14130: Malicious code in httpz-requests (PyPI)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `httpz-requests` (PyPI)
- **Published:** 18 Aug 2026

## What is MAL-2026-14130?

MAL-2026-14130 is a malicious package in httpz-requests, published on 18 Aug 2026. 

### Official description

httpz-requests exposes a Telegram bot (`start_bot`, `run_cmd_enc`, `http_request`) whose message handler executes arbitrary shell commands on the host running the package, granting a remote Telegram operator full command execution under the installer's user account. Documented remote commands include arbitrary shell execution (`chalao`, `.sh <command>`, `.py <file>`, `.exec <file>`), destructive filesystem operations (`rm -rf <path>`), single- and bulk-file exfiltration (`take <file>`, `take all`), a full-host backup mode that produces split 50MB archives with `.partNNN` chunking (`get all`), and environment-variable dumping (`.printenv`) — collectively enabling remote theft of filesystem contents and process-environment secrets (cloud, CI, and API credentials). The package is shipped only as compiled Cython `.so` files with no Python source, and self-describes obfuscation features that XOR+base64-encode command strings and disguise execution as `http_request("POST",...)` so plaintext commands do not appear in `ps` or system logs; the Telegram bot token is stored encoded and decoded at runtime by `dec()`. The distribution name `httpz-requests` and import name `httpz_requests` resemble the top-100 PyPI package `requests` while presenting a Telegram remote-shell API instead of an HTTP client, and metadata is unfilled boilerplate (author `Aapka Naam <you@example.com>`, homepage `https://github.com/YOUR_GITHUB_USERNAME/httpz-requests`).

The package provides Telegram-based remote access to the machine it runs on. It was deliberately created and used to hack other machines, exfiltrate files and credentials. This package automatically ensures persistence and starts a malicious process on import.

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Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.

Campaign: 2026-08-httpz-requests

Reasons (based on the campaign):

 - files-exfiltration

 - rat

 - persistence

 - uses-telegram-bot

 - obfuscation

 - native-extension

## What should I do about MAL-2026-14130?

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-2026-14130 is a malicious package: httpz-requests (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-2026-14130/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-14130/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-14130

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-14130/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.