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id: MAL-2026-10918
title: Malicious code in automatic-octo-invention (PyPI)
summary: Malicious code in automatic-octo-invention (PyPI)
severity: none
vendor: automatic-octo-invention
product: automatic-octo-invention
ecosystem: pip
affected:
  - automatic-octo-invention
published: '2026-07-20'
updated: '2026-07-23'
source: OSV
sourceUrl: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-10918'
references:
  - url: 'https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/automatic-octo-invention'
  - url: 'https://github.com/newbroughblueogwin/automatic-octo-invention'
tags:
  - osv
  - pip
ingestedAt: '2026-07-23T19:05:52.256Z'
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## Overview


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## Source: kam193 (9601d13b646d0f31e4053a8f1d2b159cba6c30b1860a67da0baa3d7d7086d9c4)
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

- `automatic-octo-invention`

## Remediation

Refer to the advisory for the patched release.