{"id":"MAL-2026-3429","title":"Malicious code in openai-spellchecker (PyPI)","summary":"Malicious code in openai-spellchecker (PyPI)","severity":"critical","exploited":true,"vendor":"openai-spellchecker","product":"openai-spellchecker","ecosystem":"pip","affected":["openai-spellchecker"],"published":"2026-05-11","updated":"2026-10-30","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-30T09:45:04.088504964Z","source":"OSV","sourceUrl":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-3429","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/openai-spellchecker"}],"tags":["osv","pip","malware"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-30T19:05:36.405Z","slug":"MAL-2026-3429","body":"## Overview\n\n\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (13911c4c1e0334b4e4d972e3b3256a08f8991d3935d74086c252ed085d3984a0)\nThe 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.\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- `openai-spellchecker`\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":[]}