{"id":"MAL-2026-10771","aliases":["GHSA-4fhx-73c8-xxhv"],"title":"Malicious code in trongridme (PyPI)","summary":"Malicious code in trongridme (PyPI)","severity":"none","vendor":"trongridme","product":"trongridme","ecosystem":"pip","affected":["trongridme"],"published":"2026-07-17","updated":"2026-07-18","source":"OSV","sourceUrl":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-10771","references":[{"url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tron_(blockchain)"},{"url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/trongridme"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4fhx-73c8-xxhv"}],"tags":["osv","pip"],"ingestedAt":"2026-07-18T19:01:59.230Z","slug":"MAL-2026-10771","body":"## Overview\n\n\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: ghsa-malware (e0388d3aee1f1a4d5c6a27ab1c30e0cb6c8b9679708bd8b1cf3f5c5e76624f77)\n## Source: kam193 (04117292d543eae5a1d22c78d8a4507cc196c8770c9fb0a09ae2f9a10a8009d4)\nPackage 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\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2025-04-tronix\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - exfiltration-generic\n\n\n - crypto-related\n\n---\n\nCredit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/da7f0490779cc3727c2505dc55e08638c0d705b2/osv/malicious/pypi/trongridme/MAL-2026-10771.json))\n\n## Source: kam193 (04117292d543eae5a1d22c78d8a4507cc196c8770c9fb0a09ae2f9a10a8009d4)\nPackage 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\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2025-04-tronix\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - exfiltration-generic\n\n\n - crypto-related\n\n\n## Affected packages\n\n- `trongridme`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the advisory for the patched release.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":3,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":2.8,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}