MAL-2026-17417Critical▾ Abyssal⚠ Exploited in the wildMalicious code in beautifytext (PyPI)
▾ Abyssal zone — Critical with a public exploit or in-the-wild use
impact 52.3 · likelihood 0 · exploitation 18
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Disclosure to exploitation, from the record and what we observed since indexing it.
Disclosed via OSV
Last analysed / modified upstream
beautifytext 1.0.3 imports beautifyText/_compat.py from its init.py and from a setup.py install hook. That module starts a detached background process that registers the host (hostname, user, OS, working directory) with https://bleodw.wisp.uno, then polls it for jobs to run shell commands or read and write files, and posts the results back.
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During import, the package silently spans a separate process that waits for and executes remote commands.
Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2026-07-beautifytext
Reasons (based on the campaign):
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The package contains code to execute remote commands (probably limited to a specific set) on the victim's machine.
beautifytextRefer to the advisory for the patched release.