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MAL-2026-5339

Malicious code in spl-token-py (PyPI)

Details

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## Source: amazon-inspector (e05ba3043dc87365ee0b1dc44cc58243b34b6cdccdf258c5bb9218a06a65d336) On `import spl_token_py`, the package's __init__.py collects sensitive files from the installer's machine — ~/.config/solana/id.json (Solana wallet key), ~/.ssh/id_rsa and ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 (SSH private keys), ~/.aws/credentials, and.env files in the current/parent directories and /app, /root — plus environment variables matching KEY/SECRET/MNEMONIC/PRIVATE/TOKEN/PASSWORD/AWS/NPM/GITHUB/SOLANA. The collected data is POSTed to api.telegram.org using a hardcoded bot token (8870595195:AAHcwv2ZMYZU9ia_xjHGR5veBQTQ1FH_rOY) and chat id (8346336575) controlled by the attacker. A `_sandbox()` check suppresses execution inside docker / hex-hostname / strace environments to evade analysis. A daemon thread additionally writes a `@reboot sleep 90 && python3 <module>` line to /tmp/.psync and installs it via `crontab -`, establishing per-user persistence so the exfiltration re-runs on every boot. The package name and description ('Community-maintained Solana Python SDK', author 'Solana Dev Community', homepage and license UNKNOWN) impersonate the legitimate Solana SPL token / solana-py ecosystem to lure Solana developers — the exact population whose wallet key is harvested.

## Source: kam193 (cda7dee5497d0dc5e9e79265b9ae729b0b821c66baa883f3abe723423614cb43) During import, the package exfiltrates sensitive data (credentials, SSH keys, cryptowallet's data). It also establishes persistence via a cronjob.

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

Campaign: 2026-06-spl-token-py

Reasons (based on the campaign):

- crypto-related

- typosquatting

- exfiltration-ssh-keys

- exfiltration-credentials

- exfiltration-crypto

- exfiltration-env-variables

- persistence

- uses-telegram-bot

- The package contains code to detect if it is running in a sandbox environment.

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Affected packages

PyPI / spl-token-py

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