MAL-2026-490

    Dashboard / Malicious Package / MAL-2026-490

    MAL-2026-490

    Published: 23 Jan 2026Last Modified: 13 Mar 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in tabletes (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (b0e46bf0a52fee42a54e122a61b6da920b8d08234f109ab1da45c7f6c7042ef2) 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/package/tabletes, https://www.aikido.dev/blog/malicious-pypi-packages-spellcheckpy-and-spellcheckerpy-deliver-python-rat

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: tabletes

    Purl: pkg:pypi/tabletes

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.0.4
    1.0.6
    1.0.8