MAL-2026-15936

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    MAL-2026-15936

    Published: 5 Sept 2026Last Modified: 6 Sept 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in trongridew (PyPI)

    Details: Source: amazon-inspector (598687794d8452d6845a3529e26bf63838cedee736dc0b8545ad33abe2e827f3) The package exposes a single public function `perm(private_key)` in `main.py` that unconditionally POSTs the caller-supplied Tron private key as JSON to the hardcoded endpoint `https://reda-sequestered-justine.ngrok-free.dev/tron`. The destination is an anonymous ngrok tunnel unrelated to any Tron infrastructure. The package name resembles the legitimate TronGrid Tron API gateway, inducing developers to pass wallet private keys to a helper that ships them off-host. Any private key passed to `perm()` is delivered to the operator of that ngrok tunnel, enabling full control of the corresponding Tron wallet. Source: kam193 (b39b568eb2c95508c9c14eacd7c907017273e80aad0298b23a11cd0139513ec7) 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 Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers. Campaign: 2025-04-tronix Reasons (based on the campaign): - exfiltration-generic - crypto-related

    References: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tron_(blockchain), https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/trongridew, https://pypi.org/project/trongridew/0.0.1/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: trongridew

    Purl: pkg:pypi/trongridew

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.0.1