mal-2025-4269
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2025-04-27 08:06
Modified
2025-12-11 09:27
Summary
Malicious code in web3author (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (d5eac126109d648cac7a74217f0bc4b9e9bd0d07dc400924bf346f90b4b7ad9d)

Package contains just a function to send out data. It (or a package sharing the same IoCs) is used in a malicious GitHub project to exfiltrate crypto currency private keys, e.g. https://github.com/taikoyaki/MegaEth-Auto-Bot/blob/772b4591daaa0b200d1bd1fd3be3d48b8433f084/cap/cap.py#L49


Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.

Campaign: 2025-04-alchemyrpcs

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • crypto-related

  • The malicious code is intentionally included in a dependency of the package

  • exfiltration-crypto


{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "web3author",
        "purl": "pkg:pypi/web3author"
      },
      "versions": [
        "1.0.0"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "credits": [
    {
      "contact": [
        "https://github.com/kam193",
        "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"
      ],
      "name": "Kamil Ma\u0144kowski (kam193)"
    },
    {
      "contact": [
        "https://github.com/kam193",
        "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"
      ],
      "name": "Kamil Ma\u0144kowski (kam193)",
      "type": "REPORTER"
    },
    {
      "contact": [
        "https://www.reversinglabs.com"
      ],
      "name": "ReversingLabs",
      "type": "FINDER"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "iocs": {
      "domains": [
        "web3check-api.netlify.app",
        "dapper-flan-46eb5a.netlify.app"
      ]
    },
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
      {
        "id": "RLMA-2025-02627",
        "import_time": "2025-05-22T14:06:40.208964689Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-05-22T12:34:00Z",
        "sha256": "a0b36f5e65a090983db0db0e90790e0b5c2b8173cfb1d641028544003d053819",
        "source": "reversing-labs",
        "versions": [
          "1.0.0"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2025-04-alchemyrpcs/web3author",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.74745802Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-04-27T08:06:41Z",
        "ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
            "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "89f9e349e967d4972e6666e7fbe09bb4ceefa8ff19955964a6526cffe506eac6",
        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2025-04-alchemyrpcs/web3author",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:18.789617169Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-04-27T08:06:41Z",
        "ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
            "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "d5eac126109d648cac7a74217f0bc4b9e9bd0d07dc400924bf346f90b4b7ad9d",
        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2025-04-alchemyrpcs/web3author",
        "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.957294104Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-04-27T08:06:41Z",
        "sha256": "3bee664c9376b517cfb9fe199dad3ee71e3dd60bc0d2979659b810b1620f7ce8",
        "source": "kam193",
        "versions": [
          "1.0.0"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (d5eac126109d648cac7a74217f0bc4b9e9bd0d07dc400924bf346f90b4b7ad9d)\nPackage contains just a function to send out data. It (or a package sharing the same IoCs) is used in a malicious GitHub project to exfiltrate crypto currency private keys, e.g. https://github.com/taikoyaki/MegaEth-Auto-Bot/blob/772b4591daaa0b200d1bd1fd3be3d48b8433f084/cap/cap.py#L49\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2025-04-alchemyrpcs\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - crypto-related\n\n\n - The malicious code is intentionally included in a dependency of the package\n\n\n - exfiltration-crypto\n",
  "id": "MAL-2025-4269",
  "modified": "2025-12-11T09:27:54Z",
  "published": "2025-04-27T08:06:41Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/taikoyaki/MegaEth-Auto-Bot/blob/772b4591daaa0b200d1bd1fd3be3d48b8433f084/cap/cap.py#L49"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/web3author"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.4",
  "summary": "Malicious code in web3author (PyPI)"
}


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