{"id":"MAL-2026-700","summary":"Malicious code in tabulapys (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (f43be05d02e16c7d381e105a4eae9a2701039d29435e6d83cb982f607bda623d)\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":"2026-03-13T06:51:09.262527Z","published":"2026-02-03T10:04:45Z","database_specific":{"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"]},"malicious-packages-origins":[{"versions":["1.0.2"],"sha256":"f43be05d02e16c7d381e105a4eae9a2701039d29435e6d83cb982f607bda623d","import_time":"2026-02-03T10:17:17.547474175Z","modified_time":"2026-02-03T10:04:45.207157Z","source":"kam193","id":"pypi/2025-11-spellcheckers/tabulapys"},{"versions":["1.0.2"],"sha256":"ecb8ce7a7f03918babc53b685ec8bbe6dce61030b41c19e8b44d3801064b1363","import_time":"2026-03-11T10:47:48.537870269Z","modified_time":"2026-02-03T10:04:45.207157Z","source":"kam193","id":"pypi/2025-11-spellcheckers/tabulapys"}]},"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/tabulapys"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"tabulapys","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/tabulapys"},"versions":["1.0.2"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/tabulapys/MAL-2026-700.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"ANALYST"}]}