MAL-2025-2999 Malicious code in solana-utils (PyPI)
- Package
- solana-utils
- Registry
- PyPI
What is MAL-2025-2999?
MAL-2025-2999 is a malicious package in solana-utils, published on 21 Feb 2025.
Official description
The only thing the package does is send out all the given data about a cryptocurrency transaction, including the private key, to a hardcoded webhook.
Feedback from PyPI Team: the package "transaction-utils" may also exploit a known pip behavior to overwrite files of an existing legitime package and replace it with malicious content.
Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2025-02-transaction-utils
Reasons (based on the campaign):
crypto-related
action-hidden-in-lib-usage
A Telegram webhook is used to send collected data.
What should I do about MAL-2025-2999?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.