{"id":"MAL-2025-4269","summary":"Malicious code in web3author (PyPI)","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","modified":"2026-03-19T12:58:15.394514Z","published":"2025-04-27T08:06:41Z","database_specific":{"iocs":{"domains":["web3check-api.netlify.app","dapper-flan-46eb5a.netlify.app"]},"malicious-packages-origins":[{"source":"reversing-labs","import_time":"2025-05-22T14:06:40.208964689Z","sha256":"a0b36f5e65a090983db0db0e90790e0b5c2b8173cfb1d641028544003d053819","id":"RLMA-2025-02627","versions":["1.0.0"],"modified_time":"2025-05-22T12:34:00Z"},{"source":"kam193","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:55.74745802Z","sha256":"89f9e349e967d4972e6666e7fbe09bb4ceefa8ff19955964a6526cffe506eac6","id":"pypi/2025-04-alchemyrpcs/web3author","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"modified_time":"2025-04-27T08:06:41Z"},{"source":"kam193","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:18.789617169Z","sha256":"d5eac126109d648cac7a74217f0bc4b9e9bd0d07dc400924bf346f90b4b7ad9d","id":"pypi/2025-04-alchemyrpcs/web3author","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"modified_time":"2025-04-27T08:06:41Z"},{"source":"kam193","import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:57.957294104Z","sha256":"3bee664c9376b517cfb9fe199dad3ee71e3dd60bc0d2979659b810b1620f7ce8","id":"pypi/2025-04-alchemyrpcs/web3author","versions":["1.0.0"],"modified_time":"2025-04-27T08:06:41Z"},{"source":"reversing-labs","import_time":"2026-03-19T12:20:43.143660241Z","sha256":"b4c722de6ab72214abf8022f6241c4385459009616c0bbe54457b28cb180bdfa","id":"RLUA-2026-00915","modified_time":"2026-03-18T12:20:28Z"}]},"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"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"web3author","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/web3author"},"versions":["1.0.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/web3author/MAL-2025-4269.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"]},{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"REPORTER"},{"name":"ReversingLabs","contact":["https://www.reversinglabs.com"],"type":"FINDER"}]}