MAL-2026-700

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    MAL-2026-700

    Published: 3 Feb 2026Last Modified: 13 Mar 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in tabulapys (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (f43be05d02e16c7d381e105a4eae9a2701039d29435e6d83cb982f607bda623d) 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://www.aikido.dev/blog/malicious-pypi-packages-spellcheckpy-and-spellcheckerpy-deliver-python-rat, https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/tabulapys

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: tabulapys

    Purl: pkg:pypi/tabulapys

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.0.2
    MAL-2026-700 | CVE-DB