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Malicious package

requests-ml-minPyPI

Malicious code in requests-ml-min (PyPI) Remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

MAL-2026-1240
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
pip uninstall requests-ml-min

What this malware does

During installation, the package starts obfuscated code that downloads and runs remote executables in specific environments. In some packages in the campaign, the code only attempts to exfiltrate some basic information using DNS requests and then likely cover tracks by installing a similarly named package from private repository

Related campaigns: 2026-02-spark-audit-notify, 2026-03-geekennedy

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

Campaign: 2026-02-urllib-slim

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • typosquatting

  • Downloads and executes a remote executable.

  • obfuscation

  • dependency-confusion

Malicious versions

1 flagged
3.45

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

50b58a918d401d420b3c2cf32e907bfa5a54052427b44d64242e99cc7a164bb7
caf988849523549406a61384e2c9f8e01d6edf3ad71e5cba77ca7c3987863f1d

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 requests-ml-min (version 3.45). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging requests-ml-min across your stack and pipelines.

  2. If you installed it — respond

    requests-ml-min 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 requests-ml-min 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 requests-ml-min 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. requests-ml-min on PyPI has been identified as a malicious package (version 3.45 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

2026-02-urllib-slim

References

Credits

  • Kamil Mańkowski (kam193) · reporter

Detect & block this

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

requests-ml-min (PyPI) malicious package — MAL-2026-1240 | O3 Security