Malicious code in eth-agent (PyPI)

Overview

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Source: kam193 (0268950ea20e5566a61026409820d6a1d4ac4d462f475ae4589c72390042fec6)

During import, the code downloads and executes a remote script. The script collects sensitive files, including cryptocurrency wallet private keys and seeds, SSH keys, dotenv files and uploads them to IPFS. After that, it communicates with C2 and awaits further commands to execute.

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

Campaign: 2026-07-metemask-sdk

Reasons (based on the campaign):

• files-exfiltration

• typosquatting

• exfiltration-ssh-keys

• crypto-related

• Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.

• exfiltration-crypto

• The package contains code to execute remote commands (probably limited to a specific set) on the victim's machine.

• uses:ipfs

Affected packages

• eth-agent

Remediation

Refer to the advisory for the patched release.