MAL-2025-191535

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MAL-2025-191535

Summary: Malicious code in tableate (PyPI)

Details: Source: google-open-source-security (762292d92c617c287b3c6b54f7c4a8b8630e7dd893b40dd05bade462fec7ca26) This package is malicious and typosquating the legitimate pyspellchecker library. This package will deploy a remote-access trojan that allows the attacker full control of the victim's host. Source: kam193 (d88deb1f1ae46e472c6b11ee1f67a1625ed092c81dc62ce54491c775e719748e) Packages 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 Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers. Campaign: 2025-11-spellcheckers Reasons (based on the campaign): - obfuscation - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script. - The package contains code to execute remote commands (probably limited to a specific set) on the victim's machine.

References: https://helixguard.ai/blog/malicious-spellcheckers-2025-11-19, https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/campaign/2025-11-spellcheckers/, https://securityonline.info/pypi-typosquat-delivers-multi-layer-python-rat-bypassing-scanners-with-xor-encryption/, https://helixguard.ai/blog/malicious-spellcheckers-2025-11-19, https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/tableate, https://www.aikido.dev/blog/malicious-pypi-packages-spellcheckpy-and-spellcheckerpy-deliver-python-rat, https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/campaign/2025-11-spellcheckers, https://securityonline.info/pypi-typosquat-delivers-multi-layer-python-rat-bypassing-scanners-with-xor-encryption