MAL-2025-191909

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/transaction-utils/MAL-2025-191909.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2025-191909
Published
2025-02-21T21:50:10Z
Modified
2025-12-31T02:55:21.136479Z
Summary
Malicious code in transaction-utils (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (c1efc9cf33a18e7f3c4294c39aabadf136974e4e2ee56c874ba337ac609c6b77)

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.

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.

Database specific 
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            "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.886762331Z",
            "id": "pypi/2025-02-transaction-utils/transaction-utils",
            "versions": [
                "0.1.1",
                "0.1"
            ],
            "source": "kam193",
            "modified_time": "2025-02-21T21:50:10Z",
            "sha256": "1b1fd665949fe7b8145ab0c6aeb26c6950171b4ca1e449d9ba8eda9227e6c7ae"
        },
        {
            "import_time": "2025-12-30T22:39:04.199269464Z",
            "id": "pypi/2025-02-transaction-utils/transaction-utils",
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            "source": "kam193",
            "modified_time": "2025-02-21T21:50:10Z",
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}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / transaction-utils

Package

Name
transaction-utils
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Purl
pkg:pypi/transaction-utils

Affected ranges

Affected versions

0.*
0.1
0.1.1

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/transaction-utils/MAL-2025-191909.json"