---
id: MAL-2025-191534
title: Malicious code in tablates (PyPI)
summary: Malicious code in tablates (PyPI)
severity: critical
exploited: true
vendor: tablates
product: tablates
ecosystem: pip
affected:
  - tablates
published: '2025-11-26'
updated: '2026-10-30'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-30T09:45:03.352491835Z'
source: OSV
sourceUrl: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2025-191534'
references:
  - url: 'https://helixguard.ai/blog/malicious-spellcheckers-2025-11-19'
  - url: 'https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/campaign/2025-11-spellcheckers/'
  - url: >-
      https://securityonline.info/pypi-typosquat-delivers-multi-layer-python-rat-bypassing-scanners-with-xor-encryption/
  - url: 'https://helixguard.ai/blog/malicious-spellcheckers-2025-11-19'
  - url: 'https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/tablates'
  - url: >-
      https://www.aikido.dev/blog/malicious-pypi-packages-spellcheckpy-and-spellcheckerpy-deliver-python-rat
  - url: 'https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/campaign/2025-11-spellcheckers'
  - url: >-
      https://securityonline.info/pypi-typosquat-delivers-multi-layer-python-rat-bypassing-scanners-with-xor-encryption
tags:
  - osv
  - pip
  - malware
ingestedAt: '2026-10-30T19:05:36.340Z'
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## Overview


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## Source: google-open-source-security (56df7571e75ad7e85850f9a34bb482f19466af4481db56951ffba42475a4238d)
This package is malicious and typosquating the legitimate pyspellchecker library.
This package will deploy a remote-access trojan that allows the attacker full
control of the victim's host.

## Source: kam193 (a08f9f271e62949f07029e8c2dc7c8904e7272750fe9789442d4549be52c639f)
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


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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.


## Affected packages

- `tablates`

## Remediation

Refer to the advisory for the patched release.