trongridi

GHSA-7h6v-482q-hg5f

Malicious code in trongridi (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.0.1`

## Source: kam193 (3d03608cfdb32a163655abbfe15a2c86d5957fe498e678d3f6e3f44f12220454)
Package appears to be designed for private key exfiltration, but no known usage. The name appears to be related to the cryptocurrency TRX (Tron / Tronix). Some packages additionally clone the readme of other, legit libraries. The similar packages are repeating uploaded to PyPI


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


Campaign: 2025-04-tronix


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - exfiltration-generic


 - crypto-related

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/f70e7643abafa3bbc9a0e54c3c992af631f88d6d/osv/malicious/pypi/trongridi/MAL-2026-15858.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/trongridi
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tron_(blockchain)
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/f70e7643abafa3bbc9a0e54c3c992af631f88d6d/osv/malicious/pypi/trongridi/MAL-2026-15858.json
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/b2e6cd8bd1819c59f7afadfef27650fd124f3de2/osv/malicious/pypi/trongridi/MAL-2026-15858.json
- https://pypi.org/project/trongridi/0.0.1
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7h6v-482q-hg5f

Compromised versions (1)

= 0.0.1

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