ether-account

GHSA-j9h8-c245-cpf6

Malicious code in ether-account (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.13.7`

## Source: kam193 (e807b32b64c457df7e89ee3ba1e8e25fe779ccff08b1da00800b705ff833f42e)
Clones of a legitimate library. During processing the private key, it's getting exfiltrated.


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


Campaign: 2026-04-ether-account


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - clones-real-package


 - action-hidden-in-lib-usage


 - crypto-related


 - exfiltration-crypto


 - typosquatting

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/ether-account/MAL-2026-2404.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/ether-account
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/ether-account/MAL-2026-2404.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j9h8-c245-cpf6

Compromised versions (1)

= 0.13.7

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