MAL-2025-47762 Malicious code in electrum-bch (PyPI)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2025-47762 is a malicious package: electrum-bch (PyPI). Every version was published to cause harm.
Task:
1. Search this repository's dependency manifests and lockfiles for the package, including transitive dependencies.
2. If it is present, remove it, regenerate the lockfile with the project's package manager, and replace whatever it was used for.
3. List any CI runners, developer machines or containers that installed it, so their secrets can be rotated.
4. If the package is not used anywhere, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-47762/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-47762/index.md)
- Package
- electrum-bch
- Registry
- PyPI
What is MAL-2025-47762?
MAL-2025-47762 is a malicious package in electrum-bch, published on 23 Aug 2025.
Official description
The modification of https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum (not clear which version or fork) that during usage will exfiltrate files from the current directory, presumably wanting to collect sensitive data.
Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2025-08-electrum-bch
Reasons (based on the campaign):
crypto-related
action-hidden-in-lib-usage
exfiltration-crypto
exfiltration-generic
clones-real-package
What should I do about MAL-2025-47762?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.