Your RSA-2048 keys break in 2030. Find every one of them before attackers do.
Malicious package

reqeutsPyPI

Malicious code in reqeuts (PyPI) Remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

MAL-2025-968
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
pip uninstall reqeuts

What this malware does

Importing the module downloads and starts an infostealer attempting to exfiltrate data and establishing persistence through autorun directory.

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

Campaign: 2024-12-reqesst

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • infostealer

  • peristence-autorun

  • typosquatting

  • exfiltration-generic

  • Downloads and executes a remote executable.

  • clones-real-package

  • dependency-confusion

  • exfiltration-browser-data

  • exfiltration-crypto

Malicious versions

2 flagged
2.32.22.32.3

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

d22c0342b6c036079e8b7b4b6b3a5f4daae2eeefaf0e5b62cb76586181377db5
ecc2e9de2d1d740d44a80be7a2d7270539740a22ffbcd38d54e4d326d05cc014
7f01ab0a32efcdc5ca1ef531f49392818b05b088503759e97611a529f61c37e5
23114278464e624b278875cefe6e9eda033c786374a1cf5520038e025705b7aa
d7e844e8462cb127b2bb117fa9d9f68334d2f211d692c3933d8517e795b0285f
263570739b500e20621cf0db253cc7ef856d7fbafd002aa8a0f1e8fc6e7d4950

Detection & response playbook

Credential / info stealer
  1. Find it

    Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for reqeuts (2 malicious versions). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging reqeuts across your stack and pipelines.

  2. If you installed it — respond

    reqeuts is built to steal secrets, so assume every credential the build or runtime could read is compromised. Remove it from your project and lockfile, then rotate ALL exposed secrets — npm/registry tokens, cloud keys, CI/CD secrets, SSH keys, and any .env values — from a known-clean machine. Audit logs for unauthorized use of those credentials.

  3. Did it already run?

    If reqeuts was ever installed, its post-install/runtime payload may have already executed. O3's L7 egress monitoring and runtime eBPF sensors detect the credential exfiltration or command-and-control callback after install and block the malicious outbound channel, so you catch and contain the actual compromise — not just the presence of the package.

  4. How O3 protects you

    O3 blocks reqeuts before install through its supply-chain scanner, and if it has already run, detects and severs the exfiltration or C2 callback at runtime through L7 egress monitoring and eBPF.

Frequently asked questions

No. reqeuts on PyPI has been identified as a malicious package (versions 2.32.2, 2.32.3 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

RLMA-2025-005092024-12-reqesstRLUA-2026-00697

References

Credits

  • Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)
  • ReversingLabs · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks reqeuts-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.

reqeuts (PyPI) malicious package — MAL-2025-968 | O3 Security