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Malicious code in ai-perf-toolkit (PyPI)

Malware Published Jul 30, 2026 to the GitHub Advisory Database

Package

pip ai-perf-toolkit (pip)

Affected versions

= 2.4.2

Patched versions

None

Description

Source: kam193 (41d25387636c9b0b89a404304d079c30ad28bda33bb551e551cb9e15a75c00ba)

During import, the package starts cryptomining for a hardcoded wallet. The mining software has to already be installed.

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

Campaign: 2026-07-ai-perf-toolkit

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • cryptominer

Credit: OpenSSF (source)

References

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jul 30, 2026
Reviewed Jul 30, 2026

EPSS score

Weaknesses

Embedded Malicious Code

The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature. Learn more on MITRE.

GHSA ID

GHSA-9p9m-j35v-j8cp

Source code

No known source code
Improvements are not currently accepted on this advisory because this package is malware and has no patched versions. If there is something to change, please open an issue at https://github.com/github/advisory-database/issues.