Which versions of beautifulsoup-requests are malicious?

The following PyPI versions of beautifulsoup-requests are flagged malicious: 12.15.13. Treat any of these as compromised.

How do I remediate beautifulsoup-requests if I installed it?

Remove beautifulsoup-requests from your project and lockfile, then assume any secrets accessible to the build or runtime were exposed: rotate API keys, tokens, and credentials, and audit for unexpected outbound activity or persistence.

I already installed beautifulsoup-requests — how do I know if it already compromised me?

If beautifulsoup-requests was installed, its post-install payload may already have run. Removing the package does not undo that — check outbound connections and credential use from the install window onward.

How do I find beautifulsoup-requests across my projects, lockfiles, and CI pipelines?

Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for beautifulsoup-requests (version 12.15.13).

Malicious package

beautifulsoup-requestsPyPI

beautifulsoup-requests is a confirmed malicious PyPI package (MAL-2023-1357) that executes malicious code on install (malicious version 12.15.13). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in beautifulsoup-requests (PyPI)

MAL-2023-1357

Immediate action

Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.

pip uninstall beautifulsoup-requests

What this malware does

The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'beautifulsoup-requests' @ 12.15.13 (pypi) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.

Malicious versions

1 flagged

12.15.13

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

cc11085b5c187111cb280cd12d78f3ba5b635e03348df14b3d2a116a57d2c7a1

Detection & response playbook

Malicious package

Find it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for beautifulsoup-requests (version 12.15.13).
If you installed it — respond
Remove beautifulsoup-requests from your project and lockfile, then assume any secrets accessible to the build or runtime were exposed: rotate API keys, tokens, and credentials, and audit for unexpected outbound activity or persistence.
Did it already run?
If beautifulsoup-requests was installed, its post-install payload may already have run. Removing the package does not undo that — check outbound connections and credential use from the install window onward.

Frequently asked questions

No. beautifulsoup-requests on PyPI has been identified as a malicious package (version 12.15.13 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Credits

OpenSSF: Package Analysis · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks beautifulsoup-requests-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the malicious outbound activity and severs the channel.

Malware detection Runtime egress monitoring

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