Which versions of animated-octo-spoon are malicious?

The following PyPI versions of animated-octo-spoon are flagged malicious: 0.1.0, 0.1.1. Treat any of these as compromised.

How do I remediate animated-octo-spoon if I installed it?

animated-octo-spoon is built to steal secrets, so assume every credential the build or runtime could read is compromised. Remove it from your project and lockfile, then rotate ALL exposed secrets — npm/registry tokens, cloud keys, CI/CD secrets, SSH keys, and any .env values — from a known-clean machine. Audit logs for unauthorized use of those credentials.

I already installed animated-octo-spoon — how do I know if it already compromised me?

If animated-octo-spoon was installed, its post-install payload may already have run. Removing the package does not undo that — check outbound connections and credential use from the install window onward.

Is animated-octo-spoon part of a known attack campaign?

Yes — animated-octo-spoon is associated with the 2026-07-kimichat, IN-MAL-2026-011268, IN-MAL-2026-011158 campaign. Packages in the same campaign often share infrastructure and payloads, so check whether any related packages are also in your dependency tree.

How do I find animated-octo-spoon across my projects, lockfiles, and CI pipelines?

Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for animated-octo-spoon (2 malicious versions).

Part of a larger attack: 2026-07-kimichat published 8 malicious packages. See the full campaign →

Malicious package

animated-octo-spoonPyPI

Advisory published Jul 21, 2026Updated Aug 4, 2026

animated-octo-spoon is a confirmed malicious PyPI package (MAL-2026-10985) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious versions 0.1.0, 0.1.1). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in animated-octo-spoon (PyPI)

MAL-2026-10985

Immediate action

Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.

pip uninstall animated-octo-spoon

What this malware does

animated-octo-spoon 0.1.0 ships a 2.6MB Linux ELF binary named 'forge' (a Rust-compiled CUDA GPU miner) plus a launcher script start.sh. The package's PyPI CLI entrypoint chmods and executes the bundled binary, which connects to the hardcoded mining pool at 45.151.62.119:3361 and submits shares to the hardcoded author wallet prl1p2jan4dvkdfkt5r3pra7z96axrxjyjcgat9w7ldetlcy9wffm569sc9ux2t via the stratum protocol (mining.subscribe / mining.authorize). The binary calls NVML and CUDA APIs (nvmlDeviceSetPowerManagementLimit, cuMemcpyHtoD_v2) to drive the installer's GPU. The pyproject description advertises the package as 'A simple Python installer program' and the README does not mention cryptocurrency mining; only the keywords hint at it. When the operator invokes the advertised CLI, the installer's GPU compute and electricity are silently routed to the author's wallet.

In this campaign, packages use names similar to popular services (e.g. Kimi AI) to deploy cryptominer.

Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.

Campaign: 2026-07-kimichat

Reasons (based on the campaign):

cryptominer

Malicious versions

2 flagged

0.1.00.1.1

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

52fb3a0200c7b61bf5fc682f4d07d707c8793eff868ee0d2877de539bddd62b2

9c54ed87d7e17e6be9f6e7c22f4f008e7a6326253127248f2c14f8a19390ac31

f397205e8238a63da60096c8192b82ddbe9066fc9e5943b723775cddb6206e3f

Detection & response playbook

Credential / info stealer

Find it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for animated-octo-spoon (2 malicious versions).
If you installed it — respond
animated-octo-spoon is built to steal secrets, so assume every credential the build or runtime could read is compromised. Remove it from your project and lockfile, then rotate ALL exposed secrets — npm/registry tokens, cloud keys, CI/CD secrets, SSH keys, and any .env values — from a known-clean machine. Audit logs for unauthorized use of those credentials.
Did it already run?
If animated-octo-spoon was installed, its post-install payload may already have run. Removing the package does not undo that — check outbound connections and credential use from the install window onward.

Frequently asked questions

No. animated-octo-spoon on PyPI has been identified as a malicious package (versions 0.1.0, 0.1.1 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

2026-07-kimichatIN-MAL-2026-011268IN-MAL-2026-011158

References

Credits

Amazon Inspector · finder
Kamil Mańkowski (kam193) · reporter

Detect & block this

O3 blocks animated-octo-spoon-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.

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