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id: MAL-2026-17417
title: Malicious code in beautifytext (PyPI)
summary: Malicious code in beautifytext (PyPI)
severity: critical
exploited: true
vendor: beautifytext
product: beautifytext
ecosystem: pip
affected:
  - beautifytext
published: '2026-09-30'
updated: '2026-10-01'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-01T06:00:04.498419315Z'
source: OSV
sourceUrl: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-17417'
references:
  - url: 'https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/beautifytext'
tags:
  - osv
  - pip
  - malware
ingestedAt: '2026-10-01T07:23:13.166Z'
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## Overview

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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## Source: kam193 (cba19cfc0b2bdeec177fafdffa10e730769079a14ece3bb4740bfc0ded9fef3b)
During import, the package silently spans a separate process that waits for and executes remote commands.


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


Campaign: 2026-07-beautifytext


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - rat


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


## Affected packages

- `beautifytext`

## Remediation

Refer to the advisory for the patched release.