Malicious code in eth-account-wallet (PyPI)
Source: amazon-inspector
eth-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).
Source: kam193
During installation, the package exfiltrates sensitive env variables, browser data, crypto wallets files, ssh keys and other configuration files.
Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2026-08-bip39-py
Reasons (based on the campaign):
- crypto-related
- The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.
- exfiltration-crypto
- exfiltration-browser-data
- exfiltration-env-variables
- exfiltration-ssh-keys
- exfiltration-credentials
- uses-telegram-bot
