trongappy

GHSA-xr9j-54f9-pcpm

Malicious code in trongappy (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.0.1`

## Source: kam193 (91ef2777a3657922888663423a9cadfbad9e4366473b5c7c4e03a7608e49fa36)
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/9250641b4778fcf634b58267ec1d9ad2cce42a42/osv/malicious/pypi/trongappy/MAL-2026-16242.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/trongappy
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tron_(blockchain)
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/9250641b4778fcf634b58267ec1d9ad2cce42a42/osv/malicious/pypi/trongappy/MAL-2026-16242.json
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/bdb777552570624b1cac8f6f1e70a33ba906d6c1/osv/malicious/pypi/trongappy/MAL-2026-16242.json
- https://pypi.org/project/trongappy/0.0.1
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xr9j-54f9-pcpm

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.