{"id":"MAL-2025-191534","summary":"Malicious code in tablates (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: google-open-source-security (56df7571e75ad7e85850f9a34bb482f19466af4481db56951ffba42475a4238d)\nThis package is malicious and typosquating the legitimate pyspellchecker library.\nThis package will deploy a remote-access trojan that allows the attacker full\ncontrol of the victim's host.\n\n## Source: kam193 (a08f9f271e62949f07029e8c2dc7c8904e7272750fe9789442d4549be52c639f)\nPackages contain hidden code that is effectively run during importing or using the library, and downloads second stage code. Then, a process running in background periodically connects to a remote host and waits for next code to execute\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2025-11-spellcheckers\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - obfuscation\n\n\n - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.\n\n\n - The package contains code to execute remote commands (probably limited to a specific set) on the victim's machine.\n","modified":"2026-03-19T12:57:11.840571Z","published":"2025-11-26T10:20:42Z","database_specific":{"iocs":{"domains":["dothebest.store"],"urls":["dothebest.store/allow/inform.php","dothebest.store/refresh.php"]},"malicious-packages-origins":[{"ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"sha256":"56df7571e75ad7e85850f9a34bb482f19466af4481db56951ffba42475a4238d","source":"google-open-source-security","versions":["1.0.1"],"import_time":"2025-12-02T00:36:18.91202Z","modified_time":"2025-12-02T00:36:12Z"},{"id":"pypi/2025-11-spellcheckers/tablates","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:55.624408487Z","modified_time":"2025-11-26T10:20:42.564189Z","sha256":"e2d2bba3d148ff20cb8a3813aafcf025ae28c5dc259bbdc403d6aa874167bdff","source":"kam193","versions":["1.0.1"]},{"id":"pypi/2025-11-spellcheckers/tablates","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:18.66537332Z","modified_time":"2025-11-26T10:20:42.564189Z","sha256":"a08f9f271e62949f07029e8c2dc7c8904e7272750fe9789442d4549be52c639f","source":"kam193","versions":["1.0.1"]},{"import_time":"2025-12-24T10:07:31.414141165Z","modified_time":"2025-12-23T08:39:53Z","sha256":"61a3bce8b99fd58c2aeb2cae49156f70bbfbc071574cbcef5ec0440cd8ea0a61","source":"reversing-labs","versions":["1.0.1"],"id":"RLMA-2025-06593"},{"sha256":"f01b93e7959667d43b7e5860ef63c296ddbc6f5adaf644f473ef99d28dce1c4a","source":"kam193","versions":["1.0.1"],"id":"pypi/2025-11-spellcheckers/tablates","import_time":"2026-01-20T19:58:56.113460658Z","modified_time":"2025-11-26T10:20:42.564189Z"},{"versions":["1.0.1","1.0.3"],"id":"pypi/2025-11-spellcheckers/tablates","import_time":"2026-01-22T17:44:11.358306709Z","modified_time":"2026-01-22T17:10:53.900859Z","sha256":"9e6d1304ad201dddf20f3869ee10e653e8389ac7a500160758740158f9724ee2","source":"kam193"},{"sha256":"04a653711d902687630df4827673258af140c39785c030df2c7d28387e6162f0","source":"kam193","versions":["1.0.1","1.0.3"],"id":"pypi/2025-11-spellcheckers/tablates","import_time":"2026-01-27T18:48:13.390450786Z","modified_time":"2026-01-22T17:10:53.900859Z"},{"sha256":"70220451336c68557a3d1f087e22c334b3c1ac098bf97e11b6582b5b2f6dcbe3","source":"kam193","versions":["1.0.1","1.0.3"],"id":"pypi/2025-11-spellcheckers/tablates","import_time":"2026-01-28T19:11:43.700939412Z","modified_time":"2026-01-22T17:10:53.900859Z"},{"id":"pypi/2025-11-spellcheckers/tablates","import_time":"2026-03-11T10:47:48.526343467Z","modified_time":"2026-01-22T17:10:53.900859Z","sha256":"dc607c2749706dc9a13004fdbfc21d6d6bcb3801ed320e72c721268e966813a2","source":"kam193","versions":["1.0.1","1.0.3"]},{"id":"RLUA-2026-00799","import_time":"2026-03-19T12:20:31.710043163Z","modified_time":"2026-03-18T12:19:16Z","sha256":"ae906a1b0e97aefa5013f928dfc5afb04842f85d00780987f9899f6485a83dd4","source":"reversing-labs","versions":["1.0.3"]}]},"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://helixguard.ai/blog/malicious-spellcheckers-2025-11-19"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/campaign/2025-11-spellcheckers/"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"https://securityonline.info/pypi-typosquat-delivers-multi-layer-python-rat-bypassing-scanners-with-xor-encryption/"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://helixguard.ai/blog/malicious-spellcheckers-2025-11-19"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/tablates"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.aikido.dev/blog/malicious-pypi-packages-spellcheckpy-and-spellcheckerpy-deliver-python-rat"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/campaign/2025-11-spellcheckers"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://securityonline.info/pypi-typosquat-delivers-multi-layer-python-rat-bypassing-scanners-with-xor-encryption"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"tablates","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/tablates"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1.0.1","1.0.3"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/tablates/MAL-2025-191534.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"]},{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"ANALYST"},{"name":"ReversingLabs","contact":["https://www.reversinglabs.com"],"type":"FINDER"}]}