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GCVE-110-OSM-2026-12872
GCVE-110-OSM-2026-12872
Advisory PublishedCVSS 5.4/10
During import, the code exfiltrates potentially sensitive env variables. In all analyzed versions the exfiltration target was a localhost, suggesting it was just a test.
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: 2026-09-0requests
Reasons (based on the campaign):
- exfiltration-env-variables
- typosquatting
Judge assessment: This package is a clear typosquat of the popular `requests` library, and its metadata is a throwaway-style burner shape with no repository, homepage, or meaningful description. The console entrypoint `py_0requests/cli.py` prints `0requests installed -- targeting requests`, which is consistent with a deceptive test or probe package rather than a normal utility. There is a `subprocess.Popen(` finding in `py_0requests/__init__.py`, but the provided evidence does not show an actual harmful command, network destination, or env-file exfiltration path; the OSV advisory claims localhost exfiltration for a pentest-like campaign, which fits a suspicious test package more than confirmed malware. I would treat this as likely a benign-but-risky security test or namespace probe rather than submit it as malicious without further code inspection.
ENTRY
py_0requests/cli.py (console-script: '0requests=py_0requests.cli:main')
ADDITIONAL FINDINGS
- Shell Command Execution in py_0requests/__init__.py: "subprocess.Popen("
- Potential Typosquatting
PAYLOAD FILES
py_0requests/__init__.py
Weaknesses (CWE)
CWE-506Embedded Malicious Code
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.1
5.4/10
Medium · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Platforms |
|---|---|---|---|
| unknown | 0requests | all (affected) | — |
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