chia-pool-reference

GHSA-7wg5-83f7-m39h

Malicious code in chia-pool-reference (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 9.0.1`

## Source: kam193 (51f7e4eb8c8b82bd7c7514255d0eb51dddc657c4b06845232ad8490a514a139c)
Obfuscated code is used to hide exfiltration of basic data (hostname, etc.).


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Category: PROBABLY_PENTEST - Packages looking like typical pentest packages, but also anything that looks like testing, exploring pre-prepared kits, research & co, with clearly low-harm possibilities.


Campaign: 2026-02-zabitmajeed00


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - obfuscation


 - The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.


 - dependency-confusion

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/chia-pool-reference/MAL-2026-652.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/chia-pool-reference
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/chia-pool-reference/MAL-2026-652.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7wg5-83f7-m39h

Compromised versions (1)

= 9.0.1

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