requests-auth-toolkitPyPI
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requests-auth-toolkit is a confirmed malicious PyPI package (MAL-2026-847) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 2.1.0). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in requests-auth-toolkit (PyPI)
What this malware does
During installation, package installs a script that listens for remote commands and executes them. The script is also added to autostart configuration and disguised as system application. This package also adds a new SSH keys for further persistence
Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2026-02-devtools-webhook-cicd-utils
Reasons (based on the campaign):
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The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.
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peristence-autorun
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The package contains code to execute remote commands (probably limited to a specific set) on the victim's machine.
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obfuscation
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Credential / info stealerFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for requests-auth-toolkit (version 2.1.0).
If you installed it — respond
requests-auth-toolkit 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-auth-toolkit 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
Campaign
References
Credits
- Kamil Mańkowski (kam193) · reporter
Detect & block this
O3 blocks requests-auth-toolkit-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.