vantrala

GHSA-2r58-59qc-9w7f

Malicious code in vantrala (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.1.1`

## Source: kam193 (e598f1a12fbd4aed3a98f1942d98fb5ca47182206f0090ac57d7927010061b37)
In this campaign, packages use names similar to popular services (e.g. Kimi AI) to deploy cryptominer.


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


Campaign: 2026-07-kimichat


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - cryptominer

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/vantrala/MAL-2026-10867.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/vantrala
- https://github.com/newbroughblueogwin/automatic-octo-invention
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/vantrala/MAL-2026-10867.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2r58-59qc-9w7f

Compromised versions (1)

= 0.1.1

Any computer that installed or ran a compromised version should be considered fully compromised. Rotate every secret on that machine from a clean environment.