Malicious Package Affecting httpz-requests package, versions [1.21.19][1.21.18][1.21.17][1.21.16][1.21.15][1.21.14][1.21.13][1.21.12][1.21.11][1.21.10][1.21.9][1.21.8][1.21.7][1.21.6][1.21.5][1.21.4][1.21.3][1.21.2][1.21.1][1.21.0][1.20.0][1.19.0][1.18.0][1.17.0][1.16.0][1.15.0][1.14.0][1.13.0][1.12.0][1.11.0][1.10.0][1.9.0][1.8.0]
Threat Intelligence
Exploit Maturity
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Attacked
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- published20 Aug 2026
- disclosed19 Aug 2026
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 19 Aug 2026
New Malicious CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-506 (opens in a new tab)Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) is a category system for software weaknesses
How to fix?
Avoid using all malicious instances of the httpz-requests package.
Overview
httpz-requests is a malicious package. This package contains malicious code, and its content was removed from the official package manager. While this package might be attempting to impersonate a valid organization, there is no connection between that organization and this package authorship.