trongridew

{"schema_version":"1.7.4","id":"MAL-2026-15936","published":"2026-09-05T20:26:18Z","modified":"2026-09-06T14:39:58.991502950Z","summary":"Malicious code in trongridew (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: amazon-inspector (598687794d8452d6845a3529e26bf63838cedee736dc0b8545ad33abe2e827f3)\nThe package exposes a single public function `perm(private_key)` in `main.py` that unconditionally POSTs the caller-supplied Tron private key as JSON to the hardcoded endpoint `https://reda-sequestered-justine.ngrok-free.dev/tron`. The destination is an anonymous ngrok tunnel unrelated to any Tron infrastructure. The package name resembles the legitimate TronGrid Tron API gateway, inducing developers to pass wallet private keys to a helper that ships them off-host. Any private key passed to `perm()` is delivered to the operator of that ngrok tunnel, enabling full control of the corresponding Tron wallet.\n\n## Source: kam193 (b39b568eb2c95508c9c14eacd7c907017273e80aad0298b23a11cd0139513ec7)\nPackage appears to be designed for private key exfiltration, but no known usage. The name appears to be related to the cryptocurrency TRX (Tron / Tronix). Some packages additionally clone the readme of other, legit libraries. The similar packages are repeating uploaded to PyPI\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2025-04-tronix\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - exfiltration-generic\n\n\n - crypto-related\n","affected":[{"package":{"name":"trongridew","ecosystem":"PyPI"},"versions":["0.0.1"],"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":"trongridew/main.py","sha256":"888e9bbd6807ce23eb79beb9d83d2cef96ca7987b6999f35c14842bcd9d606f2","tlsh":"e0f05ca318c17410c60a7135aeda3f06419a7c3f7a0c697033cd00a2df6636419f8120"},{"path":"trongridew/__init__.py","sha256":"9116725fc0117f8741cc02d784b495cb969fb4828611ff3fdd5286cbed7b44b2"}],"package_integrity":[{"filename":"trongridew-0.0.1-py3-none-any.whl","hashes":{"blake2b_256":"fc6f9175888b0cff7da655ab94a3f8f0e81166f38b5b57fe716839674d9d5fac","md5":"be41022e1be3413c8d50bc490cc3efc6","sha256":"82b48da26807b1b7e6116055e5ac1977137e8937746973cf0acc8654562b2346"}},{"filename":"trongridew-0.0.1.tar.gz","hashes":{"blake2b_256":"43d6de4e35ad5e9303c3b216a787be0179b31076b92366b1f1a93933930ede16","md5":"59e2bdbd0686d6f2a2794b3f556fe00f","sha256":"b1269bef34effd609bfdf2ff52f683f6164e8f4b2219352bb930c2fcb8a68559"}}]}}}],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tron_(blockchain)"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/trongridew"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://pypi.org/project/trongridew/0.0.1/"}],"database_specific":{"iocs":{"domains":["68076f26e81df7060eba3e58.mockapi.io","66c0dc0bba6f27ca9a57c4bf.mockapi.io","67b9f37c51192bd378dee810.mockapi.io","reda-sequestered-justine.ngrok-free.dev"]},"malicious-packages-origins":[{"id":"pypi/2025-04-tronix/trongridew","import_time":"2026-09-05T20:37:57.086810467Z","modified_time":"2026-09-05T20:26:48.366053Z","sha256":"b39b568eb2c95508c9c14eacd7c907017273e80aad0298b23a11cd0139513ec7","source":"kam193","versions":["0.0.1"]},{"id":"IN-MAL-2026-019647","import_time":"2026-09-06T14:38:05.970131137Z","modified_time":"2026-09-06T14:28:26Z","sha256":"598687794d8452d6845a3529e26bf63838cedee736dc0b8545ad33abe2e827f3","source":"amazon-inspector","versions":["0.0.1"]}]},"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"}]}