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id: MAL-2026-13372
title: Malicious code in eth-account-wallet (PyPI)
summary: Malicious code in eth-account-wallet (PyPI)
severity: none
vendor: eth-account-wallet
product: eth-account-wallet
ecosystem: pip
affected:
  - eth-account-wallet
published: '2026-08-05'
updated: '2026-08-05'
source: OSV
sourceUrl: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-13372'
references:
  - url: 'https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/eth-account-wallet'
  - url: 'https://pypi.org/project/eth-account-wallet/0.11.2/'
tags:
  - osv
  - pip
ingestedAt: '2026-08-06T19:13:30.878Z'
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## Overview


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## Source: amazon-inspector (bc3337915e7c14a0ceb6743d1edf2e607fd7926656b49cdd041d7b161b718178)
eth-account-wallet 0.11.2 is a typosquat of the eth-account PyPI package. Its setup.py installs a custom install cmdclass (_PI) that, on `pip install`, spawns a background thread which harvests installer-side secrets: environment variables including PYPI_TOKEN, TWINE_PASSWORD, GITHUB_TOKEN, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, NPM_TOKEN, PRIVATE_KEY, MNEMONIC, SEED_PHRASE; contents of ~/.ssh, ~/.aws/credentials, ~/.pypirc, ~/.npmrc, ~/.docker/config.json, pip and git global config; Chrome/Firefox profile artifacts (Cookies, Login Data, key4.db, logins.json); and wallet directories (.bitcoin,.ethereum,.solana,.metamask,.exodus,.electrum). Collected data is JSON-serialized and transmitted to two hardcoded attacker destinations: the Telegram Bot API (api.telegram.org/bot<token>/sendMessage with hardcoded bot token and chat id) and a Serveo reverse-tunnel C2 at https://40f955f39128bd79-178-249-214-24.serveousercontent.com/collect. The tarball ships no actual module code — the README advertises an `eth_account_wallet.create_wallet()` API that does not exist — confirming the package is a cover-story lure for the install-time stealer. Author metadata is placeholder (`opensource-dev`, `github.com/dev/eth-account-wallet`).

## Source: kam193 (4e0a297fd6a2bfc0e15f9aac09c92768a4725458ad282594e97ec15bb3fa8c5f)
During installation, the package exfiltrates sensitive env variables, browser data, crypto wallets files, ssh keys and other configuration files.


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


Campaign: 2026-08-bip39-py


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - crypto-related


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


 - exfiltration-crypto


 - exfiltration-browser-data


 - exfiltration-env-variables


 - exfiltration-ssh-keys


 - exfiltration-credentials


 - uses-telegram-bot


## Affected packages

- `eth-account-wallet`

## Remediation

Refer to the advisory for the patched release.