flasq
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This setup script is a high-confidence malicious supply-chain dropper. It overrides the setuptools install step to base64-decode and exec embedded code during package installation on Linux. The executed payload then downloads additional content from a hardcoded remote URL, stages it in a temporary location, marks it executable, and runs it via subprocess—behavior incompatible with a benign HTTP client utility.
Lightweight HTTP helpers (compat shim).
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The pypi package flasq receives a total of 277 weekly downloads. As such, flasq popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that flasq demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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