crypto-trader-py

GHSA-j8qm-q4hg-mvr7

Malicious code in crypto-trader-py (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 1.0.0`

## Source: kam193 (734dc70863cedc4f248265b79254d8bc4ac9dbbc40337ad7a5bbd45d9314500b)
During installation, the package attempts to silently execute code. In analyzed versions, the payload file was missing.


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


Campaign: 2026-09-snap-queue


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/98184612bbc0219d073872337a937d0c7aeb7b68/osv/malicious/pypi/crypto-trader-py/MAL-2026-16406.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/crypto-trader-py
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/98184612bbc0219d073872337a937d0c7aeb7b68/osv/malicious/pypi/crypto-trader-py/MAL-2026-16406.json
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/76398e59725721b4b1829aff3872e1f7fe84dabb/osv/malicious/pypi/crypto-trader-py/MAL-2026-16406.json
- https://pypi.org/project/crypto-trader-py/1.0.0
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j8qm-q4hg-mvr7

Compromised versions (1)

= 1.0.0

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