# MAL-2026-10973: Malicious code in fluffy-octo-broccoli (PyPI)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `fluffy-octo-broccoli` (PyPI)
- **Published:** 21 Jul 2026

## What is MAL-2026-10973?

MAL-2026-10973 is a malicious package in fluffy-octo-broccoli, published on 21 Jul 2026. 

### Official description

fluffy-octo-broccoli ships a 10.7 MB `qiwi.zip` archive whose contents yield no readable filenames or strings via extraction, alongside a `run.sh` that unzips the archive in the current working directory, chmods `start.sh` executable, and runs it. The package's console-script entry (`launcher.py`) invokes `bash run.sh` via subprocess. The README's only stated purpose is 'Runs the bundled startup script when installed,' with no description of what the executed shell payload actually does. The archive's opacity prevents any inspection of the code that will run when the CLI is invoked. Execution is not automatic on `pip install` — the user must invoke the console script — but once invoked, the executed shell content is completely undocumented and unverifiable.

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

## What should I do about MAL-2026-10973?

Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
MAL-2026-10973 is a malicious package: fluffy-octo-broccoli (PyPI). Every version was published to cause harm.

Task:
1. Search this repository's dependency manifests and lockfiles for the package, including transitive dependencies.
2. If it is present, remove it, regenerate the lockfile with the project's package manager, and replace whatever it was used for.
3. List any CI runners, developer machines or containers that installed it, so their secrets can be rotated.
4. If the package is not used anywhere, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-10973/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-10973/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-10973

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-10973/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.