web3author @1.0.0
Vulnerability report · Last retrieved from osv.dev August 14, 2026 at 8:32 AM UTC
OSV ID
MAL-2025-4269
Ecosystem
pypi
Summary
Package contains just a function to send out data. It (or a package sharing the same IoCs) is used in a malicious GitHub project to exfiltrate crypto currency private keys, e.g. https://github.com/taikoyaki/MegaEth-Auto-Bot/blob/772b4591daaa0b200d1bd1fd3be3d48b8433f084/cap/cap.py#L49 --- Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers. Campaign: 2025-04-alchemyrpcs Reasons (based on the campaign): - crypto-related - The malicious code is intentionally included in a dependency of the package - exfiltration-crypto
Source: kam193 (d5eac126109d648cac7a74217f0bc4b9e9bd0d07dc400924bf346f90b4b7ad9d)
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