pretty-tabulate

GHSA-2cv8-x4mx-6xm7

Malicious code in pretty-tabulate (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 2.37.1`

## Source: kam193 (807e99c43a51fb7620cee47a356774c3ead94e75c4bc48621a942c835107b2eb)
Malicious code hidden in the color-list package uses the presence of pretty-tabulate as a trigger to load code hidden in likely a third malicious package. Packages were published simultaneously by two accounts not used for about a year, suggesting hijacked access.


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Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.


Campaign: 2026-03-color-list


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - The malicious code is intentionally included in a dependency of the package


 - obfuscation

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/pretty-tabulate/MAL-2026-1480.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/pretty-tabulate
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/pretty-tabulate/MAL-2026-1480.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2cv8-x4mx-6xm7

Compromised versions (1)

= 2.37.1

Any computer that installed or ran a compromised version should be considered fully compromised. Rotate every secret on that machine from a clean environment.