MAL-2026-3429

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    MAL-2026-3429

    Published: 11 May 2026Last Modified: 11 May 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in openai-spellchecker (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (13911c4c1e0334b4e4d972e3b3256a08f8991d3935d74086c252ed085d3984a0) The 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. 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://www.aikido.dev/blog/malicious-pypi-packages-spellcheckpy-and-spellcheckerpy-deliver-python-rat, https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/openai-spellchecker

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: openai-spellchecker

    Purl: pkg:pypi/openai-spellchecker

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.0.0
    MAL-2026-3429 | CVE-DB