kotoraka

GHSA-hmfw-wq6f-f2ph

Malicious code in kotoraka (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.1.0`

## Source: kam193 (e9ba78f7ee9a259fc6e518295fe3d0217c83808bbdf0fff2107883cb3cf50b3c)
During import, the package exfiltrates cryptocurrency wallet files.


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


Campaign: 2026-08-kotanku


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - exfiltration-crypto


 - uses-telegram-bot

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/9a457f4c79a2cf91811f8b0946c27652d61f6ea1/osv/malicious/pypi/kotoraka/MAL-2026-13683.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/kotoraka
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/9a457f4c79a2cf91811f8b0946c27652d61f6ea1/osv/malicious/pypi/kotoraka/MAL-2026-13683.json
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/b1966306afff463429f56addf0c4c7bbd19790e4/osv/malicious/pypi/kotoraka/MAL-2026-13683.json
- https://pypi.org/project/kotoraka/0.1.0
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hmfw-wq6f-f2ph

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.