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Malicious code in twitter-request-diagnostics (PyPI)

Malware Published Oct 30, 2026 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Oct 30, 2026

Package

pip twitter-request-diagnostics (pip)

Affected versions

= 1.0.0

Patched versions

None

Description

Source: kam193 (d437e09d0338d5b7640d3132c723bc4c77d95a052b35f7a32335a1d832c799c1)

Package offers a middleware adding allegedly diagnostic endpoint to a web app. Besides allowing for env variable exfiltration, it also contains a hidden functionality allowing executing sent commands.

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

Campaign: 2026-10-test-01-rafamarrara-learning-dc

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • backdoor

  • exfiltration-env-variables

Credit: OpenSSF (source)

References

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Oct 30, 2026
Reviewed Oct 30, 2026
Last updated Oct 30, 2026

EPSS score

Weaknesses

Embedded Malicious Code

The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature. Learn more on MITRE.

GHSA ID

GHSA-w3jr-q4jr-xq95

Source code

No known source code
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