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id: MAL-2026-16131
title: Malicious code in aitextutils-py (PyPI)
summary: Malicious code in aitextutils-py (PyPI)
severity: critical
exploited: true
vendor: aitextutils-py
product: aitextutils-py
ecosystem: pip
affected:
  - aitextutils-py
published: '2026-09-11'
updated: '2026-09-23'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-23T05:30:07.571789302Z'
source: OSV
sourceUrl: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-16131'
references:
  - url: 'https://www.linkedin.com/company/ssbeatech/'
  - url: 'https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/aitextutils-py'
  - url: 'https://pypi.org/project/aitextutils-py/0.1.1/'
  - url: 'https://pypi.org/project/aitextutils-py/0.1.0/'
tags:
  - osv
  - pip
  - malware
ingestedAt: '2026-09-12T03:13:01.742Z'
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## Overview


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## Source: amazon-inspector (d70c1bd80ce0363cc25271a25e742ebe8c4346c872456f78b1ac039ef4641a67)
The package was found to contain malicious code or consuming dependency that contains malicious code

## Source: kam193 (59b5d893cd227654dae3bd7964e54ba20c99963660993e4239f34bba0d50b772)
This package executes code from malicious dependency, which hides code downloading script, which then downloads and executes a heavily obfuscated final stage. The remote stages are hosted on a domain presenting a suspicious-looking corporate website. The downloaded code establishes persistence e.g. as "anymeetly-cameradriver" systemd service.


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


Campaign: 2026-09-aitextkit-py


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - obfuscation


 - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.


 - persistence


 - infostealer


 - exfiltration-browser-data


 - rat


 - The package contains code to execute remote commands (probably limited to a specific set) on the victim's machine.


## Affected packages

- `aitextutils-py`

## Remediation

Refer to the advisory for the patched release.