beautifytext

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 1.0.3`

## Source: kam193 (cba19cfc0b2bdeec177fafdffa10e730769079a14ece3bb4740bfc0ded9fef3b)
During import, the package silently spans a separate process that waits for and executes remote commands.


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


Campaign: 2026-07-beautifytext


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - rat


 - 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/5ad398ba5ee1ca9ee8e74853f5473cd252519963/osv/malicious/pypi/beautifytext/MAL-2026-17417.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/beautifytext
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/5ad398ba5ee1ca9ee8e74853f5473cd252519963/osv/malicious/pypi/beautifytext/MAL-2026-17417.json
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/4b12be882e55031db14592a3d9b726e40ca4d548/osv/malicious/pypi/beautifytext/MAL-2026-17417.json
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/018b297d9bd9492d29ff3fdcaba9ca4c79753d55/osv/malicious/pypi/beautifytext/MAL-2026-17417.json
- https://pypi.org/project/beautifyText/1.0.3
- https://pypi.org/project/beautifyText/1.0.4
- https://pypi.org/project/beautifyText/1.0.7
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j7g2-8pxv-8gv2

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.