cryptowallethash

GHSA-2p6p-pqw2-368w

Malicious code in cryptowallethash (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.0.6`

## Source: kam193 (4d493d3c40b5136dd3ffea29264cf1066247cda3a10094201b4f71554ae3e592)
The package claims to calculate a hash value for usage in "cryptocurrency", but before returning the hash, it exfiltrates the plain value.


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


Campaign: 2026-02-old-cryptowallethash


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - crypto-related


 - exfiltration-crypto

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/cryptowallethash/MAL-2026-846.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/cryptowallethash
- https://github.com/akioguru/cryptowallethash
- https://github.com/akioguru/cryptowallethash/blob/main/cryptowallethash/functions.py#L8
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/cryptowallethash/MAL-2026-846.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2p6p-pqw2-368w

Compromised versions (1)

= 0.0.6

Any computer that installed or ran a compromised version should be considered fully compromised. Rotate every secret on that machine from a clean environment.