coingenerator

GHSA-72c4-7hwv-62fv

Malicious code in coingenerator (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 1.0.1`

## Source: kam193 (78810d9638861bd92d3f96d7e29a552a41eb97b69b8deba84892cc7f458fb8c0)
Package contains obfuscated code that exfiltrate basic data and awaits for commands from the remote server to execute them. This is a malicious copy of legitimate https://pypi.org/project/coinanalyse/ package.


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


Campaign: 2025-02-coinanalyze


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - backdoor


 - typosquatting


 - obfuscation


 - clones-real-package


 - crypto-related


 - The package contains code to execute remote commands (probably limited to a specific set) on the victim's machine.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/coingenerator/MAL-2025-2948.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/coingenerator
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/coingenerator/MAL-2025-2948.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-72c4-7hwv-62fv

Compromised versions (1)

= 1.0.1

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