{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including kotoraka.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-13683 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-2026-13683 is a malicious package in kotoraka, published on 10 Aug 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-13683 is a malicious package: kotoraka (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-2026-13683/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-13683/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-13683","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-13683/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-13683","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"On import, kotoraka decodes base64-obfuscated filesystem paths pointing at the user's Monero wallet directory (Windows: C:\\Users\\\u003cuser\u003e\\Documents\\Monero; Linux: /home/\u003cuser\u003e/Monero), terminates any running `feather` or `monero` processes to release file locks, archives the wallet directory into a zip, and uploads it to the Telegram Bot API (api.telegram.org sendDocument) using a hardcoded bot token and chat_id (-5357046713). The Telegram bot token and target paths are stored as base64 literals decoded at runtime. The declared purpose of the package (an HTTP speed-up library) is unrelated to the actual behavior. The exfiltration fires as a top-level side effect of `import kotoraka`, with no user interaction.\n\nDuring import, the package exfiltrates cryptocurrency wallet files.\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\nCampaign: 2026-08-kotanku\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n - exfiltration-crypto\n\n - uses-telegram-bot","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 kotoraka (PyPI)","id":"MAL-2026-13683","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":"kotoraka","purl":"pkg:pypi/kotoraka","source":"MAL-2026-13683"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-08-10","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-2026-13683/"}