ethrpc-accounts

GHSA-c997-j4wv-gmpj

Malicious code in ethrpc-accounts (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.9.1`

## Source: kam193 (6372ce82342ae30022a83501fc348d1c63ec3cb27b19dba0678430efdfeeb077)
This package is a clone of legitimate eth-accounts. The malicious code is hidden in the dependency, ethrpc-keys, which exfiltrates private keys.


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


Campaign: 2026-02-old-ethrpc-keys


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - clones-real-package


 - exfiltration-crypto


 - crypto-related


 - action-hidden-in-lib-usage


 - The malicious code is intentionally included in a dependency of the package

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/ethrpc-accounts/MAL-2026-948.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/ethrpc-accounts
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/ethrpc-accounts/MAL-2026-948.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c997-j4wv-gmpj

Compromised versions (1)

= 0.9.1

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