{"id":"MAL-2026-3429","summary":"Malicious code in openai-spellchecker (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (13911c4c1e0334b4e4d972e3b3256a08f8991d3935d74086c252ed085d3984a0)\nThe package hides code to download and execute a next-stage payload, which then communicates with C2 and listens for next code parts. In the analyzed version, the malicious code was not triggered.\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":"2026-05-11T19:03:12.116434Z","published":"2026-05-11T17:23:11Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"versions":["1.0.0"],"import_time":"2026-05-11T17:44:53.3196619Z","source":"kam193","modified_time":"2026-05-11T17:23:11.472616Z","sha256":"13911c4c1e0334b4e4d972e3b3256a08f8991d3935d74086c252ed085d3984a0","id":"pypi/2025-11-spellcheckers/openai-spellchecker"},{"versions":["1.0.0"],"import_time":"2026-05-11T18:44:07.107708976Z","source":"kam193","modified_time":"2026-05-11T17:23:11.472616Z","sha256":"e45b6042e33d40beac3918e7ffce06bd4e649668575228f17f3be930d9eb6215","id":"pypi/2025-11-spellcheckers/openai-spellchecker"}],"iocs":{"domains":["dothebest.store","searchbox.info","updatenet.work"],"urls":["https://dothebest.store/allow/inform.php","https://dothebest.store/refresh.php","https://searchbox.info/prefer.php","https://updatenet.work/settings/history.php","https://dothebest.store/allow","https://dothebest.store/k/bag.php"]}},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://helixguard.ai/blog/malicious-spellcheckers-2025-11-19"},{"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/package/openai-spellchecker"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"openai-spellchecker","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/openai-spellchecker"},"versions":["1.0.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/openai-spellchecker/MAL-2026-3429.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"ANALYST"},{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"REPORTER"}]}