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Malicious MAL-2025-3436 SNYK-PYTHON-BITCOINLIBDEV-9667327

bitcoinlib-dev

PyPI package · versions 0.4.16, 0.4.17, 0.4.18, 0.4.19, 0.4.20, 0.4.21

Reported Mar 30, 2025 · Updated Dec 12, 2025

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 (a198ee5e2df9c67dcbd24ed19a8fec5d462bbb3c0eb474cf00cd299e75074ef5)
It overwrites the 'clw' command from legit bitconinlib package and attempts to exfiltrate its database on the usage.

As a context, it appears to be created to lure users seeking for help with the bitconinlib package: https://github.com/1200wd/bitcoinlib/issues/455#issuecomment-2764513104

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

Campaign: 2025-03-bitcoinlibdbfix

Reasons (based on the campaign):

- files-exfiltration

- crypto-related

- action-hidden-in-lib-usage

- exfiltration-crypto

Indicators of compromise

Shown defanged and not clickable. Search any indicator to find other packages using it.

URLs

  • hxxps://5fde88fde64f4682c2fc1e10e6c[.]vercel[.]app/api/send other packages →
  • hxxps://discord[.]com/api/webhooks/1329712636807610379/eU6AZ5oBM_12FIkwvtiasyjywx7WYW7wzuWJwWU3u2kadKko7QKpXcl3Kd0fJspPhM4w other packages →