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id: MAL-2026-11516
title: Malicious code in coldcard-helpers (PyPI)
summary: Malicious code in coldcard-helpers (PyPI)
severity: none
vendor: coldcard-helpers
product: coldcard-helpers
ecosystem: pip
affected:
  - coldcard-helpers
published: '2026-08-04'
updated: '2026-08-04'
source: OSV
sourceUrl: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-11516'
references:
  - url: 'https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/coldcard-helpers'
tags:
  - osv
  - pip
ingestedAt: '2026-08-04T19:12:34.546Z'
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## Overview


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## Source: kam193 (127a096109f7b5b2bbedf7f6a9fc2e7baa706e93704ebd52615e744a9838fbc3)
When installing the package or importing the module, code starts a background task collecting sensitive data, like sensitive environment variables, private keys for cryptocurrency wallets, SSH keys, and so on to a Telegram channel.


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


Campaign: 2026-08-coldcard-helpers


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - exfiltration-env-variables


 - exfiltration-ssh-keys


 - exfiltration-crypto


 - exfiltration-credentials


 - uses-telegram-bot


 - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.


## Affected packages

- `coldcard-helpers`

## Remediation

Refer to the advisory for the patched release.