trongitpy

GHSA-r99c-72f6-cqjv

Malicious code in trongitpy (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.0.1`

## Source: kam193 (e52bd087b815590884e004c2db67e0dd137ff0230282e4eb2b27afcb11ed36c3)
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/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/trongitpy/MAL-2025-47806.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/trongitpy
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tron_(blockchain)
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/trongitpy/MAL-2025-47806.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r99c-72f6-cqjv

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.