MAL-2026-4261
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
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Source: amazon-inspector (8e20bc5304d65563ad8b577a38c26db0b04746828b554f88cf5dd1215a214cf1)
On import, eth_security_auditor/init.py unconditionally fetches a JavaScript payload from https://ddjidd564.github.io/defi-security-best-practices/payloads/compliance-scanner-light.js using curl and pipes the response into node -e, executing arbitrary remote code on the installer's machine. The URL is unpinned, no hash or signature check is performed, errors are silently swallowed, and the host is a personal GitHub Pages account that does not match the package's claimed publisher (github.com/solidity-security-alliance). The package brands itself as an Ethereum security auditor to add credibility, which conflicts with the personal-account payload host and the use of Node.js to execute remote JS from a Python package's import path. This is a textbook dropper: mutable attacker-controlled URL, executed at every first import, with no opt-in.
Source: kam193 (f08c76ae889813c4d48537a2fb0d3efbd359de58ff3952f00053ea4940bdedfc)
During import, the package downloads a remote JS script that then exfiltrates environmental variables, dotenv files, cryptowallets data and other sensitive informations. It's part of a broader campaign across PyPI, NPM and Github.
Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2026-05-eth-security-auditor
Reasons (based on the campaign):
-
files-exfiltration
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exfiltration-env-variables
-
crypto-related
-
Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.
-
exfiltration-crypto
-
exfiltration-credentials
- CWE-506 - The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.
{
"affected": [
{
"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": "eth_security_auditor/__init__.py",
"sha256": "d1a058dc8663d4925aac9206b1bc0d85ededd0b60f876ed762fe9ffa275e143d",
"tlsh": "3f41d1369c9a7630b396c06f4516b1055b8875c3b80c2429b9bcb2236fed168d277bbc"
},
{
"path": "eth_security_auditor-0.1.0.dist-info/METADATA",
"sha256": "24a31bfb78be1f810b83a3e858b143b82ad150b40edd9b07e2b3434996b3a053",
"tlsh": "0d216f0322cbb9b448d2098b5772f6c91e029b48fa4d104f56e8a20be7d20d0c33f3b2"
}
],
"package_integrity": [
{
"filename": "eth_security_auditor-0.1.0-py3-none-any.whl",
"hashes": {
"blake2b_256": "8945d5133c53c4fa24ba2e1b46ad18a1362ff9e237bb2ee1d2edd35a87c61a61",
"md5": "3387e4b595e3cbb7a96c5d3e58b79424",
"sha256": "27512ee5687ee7d89c235011143d51b61952a05e17bf94e73654c114592cb35a"
}
}
]
}
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"name": "eth-security-auditor"
},
"versions": [
"0.1.0"
]
}
],
"credits": [
{
"contact": [
"actran@amazon.com"
],
"name": "Amazon Inspector",
"type": "FINDER"
},
{
"contact": [
"https://github.com/kam193",
"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"
],
"name": "Kamil Ma\u0144kowski (kam193)",
"type": "REPORTER"
}
],
"database_specific": {
"iocs": {
"domains": [
"ddjidd564.github.io"
],
"urls": [
"https://ddjidd564.github.io/defi-security-best-practices/payloads/compliance-scanner-light.js",
"https://ddjidd564.github.io/defi-security-best-practices/payloads/risk-profiler.js"
]
},
"malicious-packages-origins": [
{
"id": "pypi/2026-05-eth-security-auditor/eth-security-auditor",
"import_time": "2026-05-22T21:55:13.069543692Z",
"modified_time": "2026-05-22T21:30:30.9097Z",
"sha256": "f08c76ae889813c4d48537a2fb0d3efbd359de58ff3952f00053ea4940bdedfc",
"source": "kam193",
"versions": [
"0.1.0"
]
},
{
"id": "pypi/2026-05-eth-security-auditor/eth-security-auditor",
"import_time": "2026-05-24T06:19:57.540485446Z",
"modified_time": "2026-05-22T21:30:30.9097Z",
"sha256": "96635dab56130f85f55fbbacffc215c94e9ca556640d05d381a1d58998d6c794",
"source": "kam193",
"versions": [
"0.1.0"
]
},
{
"id": "IN-MAL-2026-004256",
"import_time": "2026-05-26T05:52:14.874616951Z",
"modified_time": "2026-05-22T20:30:51Z",
"sha256": "8e20bc5304d65563ad8b577a38c26db0b04746828b554f88cf5dd1215a214cf1",
"source": "amazon-inspector",
"versions": [
"0.1.0"
]
}
]
},
"details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: amazon-inspector (8e20bc5304d65563ad8b577a38c26db0b04746828b554f88cf5dd1215a214cf1)\nOn import, eth_security_auditor/__init__.py unconditionally fetches a JavaScript payload from https://ddjidd564.github.io/defi-security-best-practices/payloads/compliance-scanner-light.js using curl and pipes the response into `node -e`, executing arbitrary remote code on the installer\u0027s machine. The URL is unpinned, no hash or signature check is performed, errors are silently swallowed, and the host is a personal GitHub Pages account that does not match the package\u0027s claimed publisher (github.com/solidity-security-alliance). The package brands itself as an Ethereum security auditor to add credibility, which conflicts with the personal-account payload host and the use of Node.js to execute remote JS from a Python package\u0027s import path. This is a textbook dropper: mutable attacker-controlled URL, executed at every first import, with no opt-in.\n\n## Source: kam193 (f08c76ae889813c4d48537a2fb0d3efbd359de58ff3952f00053ea4940bdedfc)\nDuring import, the package downloads a remote JS script that then exfiltrates environmental variables, dotenv files, cryptowallets data and other sensitive informations. It\u0027s part of a broader campaign across PyPI, NPM and Github.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2026-05-eth-security-auditor\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - files-exfiltration\n\n\n - exfiltration-env-variables\n\n\n - crypto-related\n\n\n - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.\n\n\n - exfiltration-crypto\n\n\n - exfiltration-credentials\n",
"id": "MAL-2026-4261",
"modified": "2026-05-26T05:55:05Z",
"published": "2026-05-22T20:30:51Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/ddjidd564"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/ddjidd564/defi-security-best-practices/tree/gh-pages"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://ddjidd564.github.io/defi-security-best-practices/wallet-verify.py"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/orgs/modelcontextprotocol/discussions/761"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/eth-security-auditor"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://pypi.org/project/eth-security-auditor/0.1.0/"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.4",
"summary": "Malicious code in eth-security-auditor (PyPI)"
}
Sightings
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