{"id":"MAL-2025-193012","title":"Malicious code in gridifies (PyPI)","summary":"Malicious code in gridifies (PyPI)","severity":"critical","exploited":true,"vendor":"gridifies","product":"gridifies","ecosystem":"pip","affected":["gridifies"],"published":"2026-02-06","updated":"2026-10-30","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-30T09:45:05.075896768Z","source":"OSV","sourceUrl":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2025-193012","references":[{"url":"https://helixguard.ai/blog/malicious-spellcheckers-2025-11-19"},{"url":"https://www.aikido.dev/blog/malicious-pypi-packages-spellcheckpy-and-spellcheckerpy-deliver-python-rat"},{"url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/gridifies"}],"tags":["osv","pip","malware"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-30T19:05:36.345Z","slug":"MAL-2025-193012","body":"## Overview\n\n\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (5b003711060bdfd51eddae8b2ec6fc00313aee8bb480e9017b5ad5d03dbf567c)\nPackages 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\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2025-11-spellcheckers\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - obfuscation\n\n\n - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.\n\n\n - The package contains code to execute remote commands (probably limited to a specific set) on the victim's machine.\n\n\n## Affected packages\n\n- `gridifies`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the advisory for the patched release.","depth":"abyssal","depthScore":70,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":52.3,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":18,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}