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id: MAL-2026-548
title: Malicious code in tabletas (PyPI)
summary: Malicious code in tabletas (PyPI)
severity: critical
exploited: true
vendor: tabletas
product: tabletas
ecosystem: pip
affected:
  - tabletas
published: '2026-01-27'
updated: '2026-10-30'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-30T09:45:03.354540191Z'
source: OSV
sourceUrl: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-548'
references:
  - url: 'https://helixguard.ai/blog/malicious-spellcheckers-2025-11-19'
  - url: 'https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/tabletas'
  - url: >-
      https://www.aikido.dev/blog/malicious-pypi-packages-spellcheckpy-and-spellcheckerpy-deliver-python-rat
tags:
  - osv
  - pip
  - malware
ingestedAt: '2026-10-30T19:05:36.419Z'
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## Overview


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## Source: kam193 (27d102f1cf4d0e6b08e5e77aa57a2a436a49f782fe6571b2a8e8d114e10d968d)
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

- `tabletas`

## Remediation

Refer to the advisory for the patched release.