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: amazon-inspector (bc3337915e7c14a0ceb6743d1edf2e607fd7926656b49cdd041d7b161b718178)
eth-account-wallet 0.11.2 is a typosquat of the eth-account PyPI package. Its setup.py installs a custom install cmdclass (_PI) that, on `pip install`, spawns a background thread which harvests installer-side secrets: environment variables including PYPI_TOKEN, TWINE_PASSWORD, GITHUB_TOKEN, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, NPM_TOKEN, PRIVATE_KEY, MNEMONIC, SEED_PHRASE; contents of ~/.ssh, ~/.aws/credentials, ~/.pypirc, ~/.npmrc, ~/.docker/config.json, pip and git global config; Chrome/Firefox profile artifacts (Cookies, Login Data, key4.db, logins.json); and wallet directories (.bitcoin,.ethereum,.solana,.metamask,.exodus,.electrum). Collected data is JSON-serialized and transmitted to two hardcoded attacker destinations: the Telegram Bot API (api.telegram.org/bot<token>/sendMessage with hardcoded bot token and chat id) and a Serveo reverse-tunnel C2 at https://40f955f39128bd79-178-249-214-24.serveousercontent.com/collect. The tarball ships no actual module code — the README advertises an `eth_account_wallet.create_wallet()` API that does not exist — confirming the package is a cover-story lure for the install-time stealer. Author metadata is placeholder (`opensource-dev`, `github.com/dev/eth-account-wallet`).
Source: kam193 (4e0a297fd6a2bfc0e15f9aac09c92768a4725458ad282594e97ec15bb3fa8c5f)
During installation, the package exfiltrates sensitive env variables, browser data, crypto wallets files, ssh keys and other configuration files.
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Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2026-08-bip39-py
Reasons (based on the campaign):
- crypto-related
- The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.
- exfiltration-crypto
- exfiltration-browser-data
- exfiltration-env-variables
- exfiltration-ssh-keys
- exfiltration-credentials
- uses-telegram-bot
Indicators of compromise
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Domains
- 40f955f39128bd79-178-249-214-24[.]serveousercontent[.]com other packages →