If this package is installed
Remove it, treat the machine (or CI runner) as compromised, and rotate every secret, token and key it could access — from a different, clean machine.
Details
Source: kam193 (4fcf79d026074d2ebc0ce48f578a5078acafca383dbd727a0b2e9f5a723f2702)
The only thing the package does is send out all the given data about a cryptocurrency transaction, including the private key, to a hardcoded webhook.
Feedback from PyPI Team: the package "transaction-utils" may also exploit a known pip behavior to overwrite files of an existing legitime package and replace it with malicious content.
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Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2025-02-transaction-utils
Reasons (based on the campaign):
- crypto-related
- action-hidden-in-lib-usage
- A Telegram webhook is used to send collected data.