{"id":"MAL-2026-10771","summary":"Malicious code in trongridme (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: ghsa-malware (e0388d3aee1f1a4d5c6a27ab1c30e0cb6c8b9679708bd8b1cf3f5c5e76624f77)\n## Source: kam193 (04117292d543eae5a1d22c78d8a4507cc196c8770c9fb0a09ae2f9a10a8009d4)\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\n---\n\nCredit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/da7f0490779cc3727c2505dc55e08638c0d705b2/osv/malicious/pypi/trongridme/MAL-2026-10771.json))\n\n## Source: kam193 (04117292d543eae5a1d22c78d8a4507cc196c8770c9fb0a09ae2f9a10a8009d4)\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","aliases":["GHSA-4fhx-73c8-xxhv"],"modified":"2026-07-18T02:04:36.289475470Z","published":"2026-07-17T21:17:19Z","database_specific":{"iocs":{"domains":["68076f26e81df7060eba3e58.mockapi.io","66c0dc0bba6f27ca9a57c4bf.mockapi.io","67b9f37c51192bd378dee810.mockapi.io","reda-sequestered-justine.ngrok-free.dev"]},"malicious-packages-origins":[{"modified_time":"2026-07-17T21:18:00.620146Z","versions":["0.0.1"],"source":"kam193","sha256":"04117292d543eae5a1d22c78d8a4507cc196c8770c9fb0a09ae2f9a10a8009d4","import_time":"2026-07-17T21:19:06.452176247Z","id":"pypi/2025-04-tronix/trongridme"},{"modified_time":"2026-07-18T01:23:11Z","versions":["0.0.1"],"source":"ghsa-malware","sha256":"e0388d3aee1f1a4d5c6a27ab1c30e0cb6c8b9679708bd8b1cf3f5c5e76624f77","import_time":"2026-07-18T01:54:31.673100282Z","id":"GHSA-4fhx-73c8-xxhv"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tron_(blockchain)"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/trongridme"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4fhx-73c8-xxhv"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"trongridme","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/trongridme"},"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"}],"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/trongridme/MAL-2026-10771.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"REPORTER"}]}