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Malicious code in pytablute (PyPI)

Malware Published Aug 10, 2026 to the GitHub Advisory Database

Package

pip pytablute (pip)

Affected versions

= 1.0.3

Patched versions

None

Description

Source: kam193 (89c8605077eecd12f249b3698da0cc2b60f54ecca01041a16221882d1ee6a4b1)

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

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.

Credit: OpenSSF (source)

References

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Aug 10, 2026
Reviewed Aug 10, 2026

EPSS score

Weaknesses

Embedded Malicious Code

The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature. Learn more on MITRE.

GHSA ID

GHSA-p4h7-5jh2-3rpc

Source code

No known source code
Improvements are not currently accepted on this advisory because this package is malware and has no patched versions. If there is something to change, please open an issue at https://github.com/github/advisory-database/issues.