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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'
---

## Overview


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## Source: ghsa-malware (e0388d3aee1f1a4d5c6a27ab1c30e0cb6c8b9679708bd8b1cf3f5c5e76624f77)
## Source: kam193 (04117292d543eae5a1d22c78d8a4507cc196c8770c9fb0a09ae2f9a10a8009d4)
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/da7f0490779cc3727c2505dc55e08638c0d705b2/osv/malicious/pypi/trongridme/MAL-2026-10771.json))

## Source: kam193 (04117292d543eae5a1d22c78d8a4507cc196c8770c9fb0a09ae2f9a10a8009d4)
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


## Affected packages

- `trongridme`

## Remediation

Refer to the advisory for the patched release.