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id: MAL-2026-10864
title: Malicious code in kimichat (PyPI)
summary: Malicious code in kimichat (PyPI)
severity: none
vendor: kimichat
product: kimichat
ecosystem: pip
affected:
  - kimichat
published: '2026-07-20'
updated: '2026-07-20'
source: OSV
sourceUrl: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-10864'
references:
  - url: 'https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/kimichat'
tags:
  - osv
  - pip
ingestedAt: '2026-07-20T13:32:44.742Z'
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## Overview


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## Source: kam193 (1d4795d0466af3e087dba2ac688463000092f9f4fda9040a4653956a3dc2583a)
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


## Affected packages

- `kimichat`

## Remediation

Refer to the advisory for the patched release.