kimitalk

GHSA-c3vw-4c9g-7p3j

Malicious code in kimitalk (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.1.0`

## Source: kam193 (f48f2e540e85a647f55ad2b8758c8cca9d9a6105a72058870e59d4a410c83c9f)
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/kimitalk/MAL-2026-10865.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/kimitalk
- https://github.com/newbroughblueogwin/automatic-octo-invention
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/kimitalk/MAL-2026-10865.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c3vw-4c9g-7p3j

Compromised versions (1)

= 0.1.0

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