🛡️ MAL-2026-375 — spellcheckerpy

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Malicious code in spellcheckerpy (PyPI)

Source: kam193

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 the next code to execute.

The malicious code was in version 1.3.0, but the package itself was clearly uploaded with malclious intentions.

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 software

MAL-2026-375 is recorded against 1 package.

  • spellcheckerpy

Timeline and source

Published on 20 January 2026 and last revised on 13 March 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

Indicators of compromise

Domains: dothebest.store searchbox.info
URLs: https://dothebest.store/allow/inform.php https://dothebest.store/refresh.php https://searchbox.info/prefer.php

References

helixguard.ai (Web)
bad-packages.kam193.eu (Web)
www.aikido.dev (Web)

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-01-20
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-03-13
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
spellcheckerpy — —

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