eth-account-wallet

{"schema_version":"1.7.4","id":"MAL-2026-13372","published":"2026-08-05T17:48:56Z","modified":"2026-08-05T21:33:20.368630208Z","summary":"Malicious code in eth-account-wallet (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: amazon-inspector (bc3337915e7c14a0ceb6743d1edf2e607fd7926656b49cdd041d7b161b718178)\neth-account-wallet 0.11.2 is a typosquat of the eth-account PyPI package. Its setup.py installs a custom install cmdclass (_PI) that, on `pip install`, spawns a background thread which harvests installer-side secrets: environment variables including PYPI_TOKEN, TWINE_PASSWORD, GITHUB_TOKEN, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, NPM_TOKEN, PRIVATE_KEY, MNEMONIC, SEED_PHRASE; contents of ~/.ssh, ~/.aws/credentials, ~/.pypirc, ~/.npmrc, ~/.docker/config.json, pip and git global config; Chrome/Firefox profile artifacts (Cookies, Login Data, key4.db, logins.json); and wallet directories (.bitcoin,.ethereum,.solana,.metamask,.exodus,.electrum). Collected data is JSON-serialized and transmitted to two hardcoded attacker destinations: the Telegram Bot API (api.telegram.org/bot<token>/sendMessage with hardcoded bot token and chat id) and a Serveo reverse-tunnel C2 at https://40f955f39128bd79-178-249-214-24.serveousercontent.com/collect. The tarball ships no actual module code — the README advertises an `eth_account_wallet.create_wallet()` API that does not exist — confirming the package is a cover-story lure for the install-time stealer. Author metadata is placeholder (`opensource-dev`, `github.com/dev/eth-account-wallet`).\n\n## Source: kam193 (4e0a297fd6a2bfc0e15f9aac09c92768a4725458ad282594e97ec15bb3fa8c5f)\nDuring installation, the package exfiltrates sensitive env variables, browser data, crypto wallets files, ssh keys and other configuration files.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2026-08-bip39-py\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - crypto-related\n\n\n - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.\n\n\n - exfiltration-crypto\n\n\n - exfiltration-browser-data\n\n\n - exfiltration-env-variables\n\n\n - exfiltration-ssh-keys\n\n\n - exfiltration-credentials\n\n\n - uses-telegram-bot\n","affected":[{"package":{"name":"eth-account-wallet","ecosystem":"PyPI"},"versions":["0.11.2"],"database_specific":{"cwes":[{"cweId":"CWE-506","description":"The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.","name":"Embedded Malicious Code"}],"indicators":{"evidence_files":[{"path":"setup.py","sha256":"a3fc91a446eeec82a396a7ef673512de8a62ab623e5e6c85579a5cb37c005be7","tlsh":"0ad19797867b1814d583db4f452bc0e11b2ab8e35e13b4783edc96549f8c8f886b475c"}],"package_integrity":[{"filename":"eth_account_wallet-0.11.2.tar.gz","hashes":{"blake2b_256":"0c111c79af58cdc78f6bd229ab93455ef167da323be2b080064812db2634f6c3","md5":"7e1f86b68e90fca3f31ab17241696aea","sha256":"27a5e2b85e8e5e60d41593c20aaad433971f1ae7acc23357b18c3b7bbe93f3ce"}}]}}}],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/eth-account-wallet"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://pypi.org/project/eth-account-wallet/0.11.2/"}],"database_specific":{"iocs":{"domains":["40f955f39128bd79-178-249-214-24.serveousercontent.com"]},"malicious-packages-origins":[{"id":"pypi/2026-08-bip39-py/eth-account-wallet","import_time":"2026-08-05T19:04:59.178925068Z","modified_time":"2026-08-05T17:48:56.282099Z","sha256":"4e0a297fd6a2bfc0e15f9aac09c92768a4725458ad282594e97ec15bb3fa8c5f","source":"kam193","versions":["0.11.2"]},{"id":"IN-MAL-2026-015906","import_time":"2026-08-05T21:31:22.524315923Z","modified_time":"2026-08-05T21:26:02Z","sha256":"bc3337915e7c14a0ceb6743d1edf2e607fd7926656b49cdd041d7b161b718178","source":"amazon-inspector","versions":["0.11.2"]}]},"credits":[{"name":"Amazon Inspector","contact":["inspector-research@amazon.com"],"type":"FINDER"},{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"REPORTER"}]}