{"schema_version":"1.7.3","id":"MAL-2025-192380","published":"2025-12-09T03:35:56Z","modified":"2025-12-31T02:56:54.173427Z","summary":"Malicious code in sketchfab-spinner (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (f004e2139080a087917f5cfc654423a3ed60ca232dd8a051955d6af9508b1a8f)\nInstalling the package or importing the module exfiltrates basic information about the host, and the package has no other purpose.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: PROBABLY_PENTEST - Packages looking like typical pentest packages, but also anything that looks like testing, exploring pre-prepared kits, research & co, with clearly low-harm possibilities.\n\n\nCampaign: GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.\n\n\n - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.\n\n## Source: ossf-package-analysis (a5f1a58740e3b28c503561dafa4697816bdb7eaa5aa04498d325e79f38ccaedc)\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'sketchfab-spinner' @ 99.9.10 (pypi) as malicious.\n\nIt is considered malicious because:\n\n- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.\n\n- The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.\n","affected":[{"package":{"name":"sketchfab-spinner","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/sketchfab-spinner"},"versions":["99.9.9","99.9.10","99.9.11"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/sketchfab-spinner/MAL-2025-192380.json"}}],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/sketchfab-spinner"}],"database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"import_time":"2025-12-09T03:54:29.919153709Z","modified_time":"2025-12-09T03:35:56Z","sha256":"e8719ed9d14880caf2e2183c6ce515bb1d293885fae4f41b698f5ce571a68d52","source":"ossf-package-analysis","versions":["99.9.9"]},{"import_time":"2025-12-09T04:12:37.295157172Z","modified_time":"2025-12-09T04:01:32Z","sha256":"a5f1a58740e3b28c503561dafa4697816bdb7eaa5aa04498d325e79f38ccaedc","source":"ossf-package-analysis","versions":["99.9.10"]},{"import_time":"2025-12-09T05:39:08.040012627Z","modified_time":"2025-12-09T05:21:33Z","sha256":"d2786bd1fbfe1317ddd2ba90e50f54ce25bbb1d17748be00a5d667280e26fcd7","source":"ossf-package-analysis","versions":["99.9.11"]},{"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/sketchfab-spinner","import_time":"2025-12-09T07:38:36.216655702Z","modified_time":"2025-12-09T06:53:12.921022Z","sha256":"f004e2139080a087917f5cfc654423a3ed60ca232dd8a051955d6af9508b1a8f","source":"kam193","versions":["99.9.11","99.9.10","99.9.9"]},{"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/sketchfab-spinner","import_time":"2025-12-30T22:39:04.348822033Z","modified_time":"2025-12-09T06:53:12.921022Z","sha256":"040868c9ddc20f1f373d72d9d7e9538f631086fc37339d82f7aa9d56541dfabb","source":"kam193","versions":["99.9.9","99.9.10","99.9.11"]}]},"credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"ANALYST"},{"name":"OpenSSF: Package Analysis","contact":["https://github.com/ossf/package-analysis","https://openssf.slack.com/channels/package_analysis"],"type":"FINDER"}]}