{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including kimichat.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-10864 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.","what":"MAL-2026-10864 is a malicious package in kimichat, published on 20 Jul 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-10864 is a malicious package: kimichat (PyPI). Every version was published to cause harm.\n\nTask:\n1. Search this repository's dependency manifests and lockfiles for the package, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If it is present, remove it, regenerate the lockfile with the project's package manager, and replace whatever it was used for.\n3. List any CI runners, developer machines or containers that installed it, so their secrets can be rotated.\n4. If the package is not used anywhere, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-10864/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-10864/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-10864","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-10864/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-10864","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"The package presents itself as a 'Python wrapper for the bundled kimichat runtime' and exposes a `kimichat-run` console script plus `kimichat.run()`. Invoking either causes `kimichat.core.run()` to spawn `bash` on the bundled `src/kimichat/resources/start.sh`, which chmod+x's and executes a ~32MB bundled Linux ELF at `src/kimichat/resources/kimichat`. String analysis of the ELF identifies it as 'ForgeMiner/1.4.1', a stratum GPU miner with CUDA kernels for kawpow/xelis/kryptix/alpha/keryx and standard stratum verbs (`mining.authorize`, `mining.subscribe`). `start.sh` hardcodes the mining destination and wallet: `FORGE_WALLET=\"prl1p2jan4dvkdfkt5r3pra7z96axrxjyjcgat9w7ldetlcy9wffm569sc9ux2t\"` and `POOL=\"45.151.62.119:3361\"`. Running the tool consumes the host's GPU and electricity and routes the mined rewards to the hardcoded author wallet; the delivered binary does not match the package's advertised purpose as a chat runtime.\n\nIn this campaign, packages use names similar to popular services (e.g. Kimi AI) to deploy cryptominer.\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\nCampaign: 2026-07-kimichat\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n - cryptominer","ecosystems":["PyPI"],"exploits":{"exploitdb":null,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":null,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":null,"nuclei":null,"refs":[],"tier":null},"has_fix":false,"headline":"Malicious code in kimichat (PyPI)","id":"MAL-2026-10864","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"malicious","links":{"ecosystem":"PyPI","product":null,"products":[],"type":null,"year":"2026"},"n_packages":1,"n_references":null,"packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","fixed":[],"introduced":[],"last_affected":[],"package":"kimichat","purl":"pkg:pypi/kimichat","source":"MAL-2026-10864"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-07-20","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"Apache-2.0","name":"OpenSSF Malicious Packages","prefix":"MAL"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":null,"updated":null,"vendors":null},"summary":null,"url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-10864/"}