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id: MAL-2026-1371
title: Malicious code in collecters (PyPI)
summary: Malicious code in collecters (PyPI)
severity: critical
exploited: true
vendor: collecters
product: collecters
ecosystem: pip
affected:
  - collecters
published: '2026-03-12'
updated: '2026-10-30'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-30T09:45:03.356513238Z'
source: OSV
sourceUrl: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-1371'
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/collecters'
tags:
  - osv
  - pip
  - malware
ingestedAt: '2026-10-30T19:05:36.353Z'
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## Overview


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## Source: kam193 (c17c6bb947662d942c27cdf7ca9572536ea97f7864070648eb417277cad2e71e)
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

- `collecters`

## Remediation

Refer to the advisory for the patched release.