MAL-2026-12081
Malicious code in bitcoinlib-py (PyPI)
Details
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## Source: kam193 (32582a69a108bf3ab34d8bd16122918dd29a56bff6f68a771b77c6c946bf9308) 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
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