tableate

GHSA-4p9c-c7p6-x3wp

Malicious code in tableate (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.0.1`

## Source: google-open-source-security (762292d92c617c287b3c6b54f7c4a8b8630e7dd893b40dd05bade462fec7ca26)
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 (d88deb1f1ae46e472c6b11ee1f67a1625ed092c81dc62ce54491c775e719748e)
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.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/tableate/MAL-2025-191535.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/campaign/2025-11-spellcheckers
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/tableate
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/tableate/MAL-2025-191535.json
- https://helixguard.ai/blog/malicious-spellcheckers-2025-11-19
- https://securityonline.info/pypi-typosquat-delivers-multi-layer-python-rat-bypassing-scanners-with-xor-encryption
- https://www.aikido.dev/blog/malicious-pypi-packages-spellcheckpy-and-spellcheckerpy-deliver-python-rat
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4p9c-c7p6-x3wp

Compromised versions (1)

= 0.0.1

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