tablescene

GHSA-9j4v-x82m-pwh8

Malicious code in tablescene (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 1.0.3`

## Source: kam193 (75f24eaea6c977e93d35c431f9bedc66b7757fd5c5635425c28801dad3b50de9)
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/tablescene/MAL-2026-738.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/tablescene
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/tablescene/MAL-2026-738.json
- https://helixguard.ai/blog/malicious-spellcheckers-2025-11-19
- https://www.aikido.dev/blog/malicious-pypi-packages-spellcheckpy-and-spellcheckerpy-deliver-python-rat
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9j4v-x82m-pwh8

Compromised versions (1)

= 1.0.3

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