MAL-2025-191533

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Import Source

https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/spellcheckers/MAL-2025-191533.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2025-191533

Published

2025-12-01T23:33:02Z

Modified

2025-12-02T00:12:18.446745Z

Summary

Malicious code in spellcheckers (PyPI)

Details

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Source: google-open-source-security (c83520810b148ec74e509b16851a1fafa1bec576b502a5debabd9b52520d9754)

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.

Database specific

{
    "iocs": {
        "domains": [
            "dothebest.store"
        ],
        "urls": [
            "dothebest.store/allow/inform.php",
            "dothebest.store/refresh.php"
        ]
    },
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "sha256": "c83520810b148ec74e509b16851a1fafa1bec576b502a5debabd9b52520d9754",
            "modified_time": "2025-12-01T23:33:02Z",
            "import_time": "2025-12-01T23:34:06.5476Z",
            "versions": [
                "1.4.0"
            ],
            "source": "google-open-source-security",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

References

Affected packages

PyPI / spellcheckers

Package

Name: spellcheckers; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:pypi/spellcheckers

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.4.0