MAL-2026-492

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    MAL-2026-492

    Published: 23 Jan 2026Last Modified: 19 Mar 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in tableates (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (c69d9a3e244227f4e4146b60829ead907656c47989b3b83e1e5f56a2c06064ff) 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/tableates, https://www.aikido.dev/blog/malicious-pypi-packages-spellcheckpy-and-spellcheckerpy-deliver-python-rat

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: tableates

    Purl: pkg:pypi/tableates

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.0.3
    1.0.4
    1.0.5
    1.0.6
    1.0.1
    1.0.2
    MAL-2026-492 | CVE-DB