MAL-2026-10918

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Import Source

https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/automatic-octo-invention/MAL-2026-10918.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-10918

Published

2026-07-20T16:21:02Z

Modified

2026-07-23T07:53:00.331652313Z

Summary

Malicious code in automatic-octo-invention (PyPI)

Details

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Source: kam193 (9601d13b646d0f31e4053a8f1d2b159cba6c30b1860a67da0baa3d7d7086d9c4)

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

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

Campaign: 2026-07-kimichat

Reasons (based on the campaign):

cryptominer

Database specific

{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "sha256": "9601d13b646d0f31e4053a8f1d2b159cba6c30b1860a67da0baa3d7d7086d9c4",
            "modified_time": "2026-07-20T16:21:02.477445Z",
            "id": "pypi/2026-07-kimichat/automatic-octo-invention",
            "source": "kam193",
            "versions": [
                "0.1.0",
                "0.1.1",
                "0.1.2",
                "0.1.3"
            ],
            "import_time": "2026-07-20T17:01:49.030881816Z"
        },
        {
            "sha256": "54cbb39db6813ca8200ba2a9a03e114390a22c45ec292688cdc358aa0086d0e8",
            "modified_time": "2026-07-20T16:21:02.477445Z",
            "id": "pypi/2026-07-kimichat/automatic-octo-invention",
            "source": "kam193",
            "versions": [
                "0.1.0",
                "0.1.1",
                "0.1.2",
                "0.1.3"
            ],
            "import_time": "2026-07-20T20:04:39.187535263Z"
        }
    ]
}

References

Credits

- Kamil Mańkowski (kam193) - REPORTER
- - https://github.com/kam193
  - https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/

Affected packages

PyPI / automatic-octo-invention

Package

Name: automatic-octo-invention; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:pypi/automatic-octo-invention

Affected ranges

Affected versions

0.*

0.1.0

0.1.1

0.1.2

0.1.3

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/automatic-octo-invention/MAL-2026-10918.json"