{"id":"MAL-2026-1282","summary":"Malicious code in xmrig-miner (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (c3d760afc863697f46cbb6716644c1e7b7e937044ee10ce72b3bce7b549cdcc8)\nImporting the module starts a silent cryptocurrency mining in the background for a hardcoded wallet.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2026-03-pyutils-helper\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - cryptominer\n","modified":"2026-03-08T14:46:31.281692Z","published":"2026-03-08T14:15:50Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"id":"pypi/2026-03-pyutils-helper/xmrig-miner","sha256":"c3d760afc863697f46cbb6716644c1e7b7e937044ee10ce72b3bce7b549cdcc8","versions":["1.0.0"],"source":"kam193","modified_time":"2026-03-08T14:15:50.693941Z","import_time":"2026-03-08T14:42:02.003952037Z"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/xmrig-miner"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"xmrig-miner","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/xmrig-miner"},"versions":["1.0.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/xmrig-miner/MAL-2026-1282.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"REPORTER"}]}