sketchfab-spinner

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 99.9.9`

## Source: kam193 (f004e2139080a087917f5cfc654423a3ed60ca232dd8a051955d6af9508b1a8f)
Installing the package or importing the module exfiltrates basic information about the host, and the package has no other purpose.


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Category: 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.


Campaign: GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.


 - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.

## Source: ossf-package-analysis (a5f1a58740e3b28c503561dafa4697816bdb7eaa5aa04498d325e79f38ccaedc)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'sketchfab-spinner' @ 99.9.10 (pypi) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.

- The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/sketchfab-spinner/MAL-2025-192380.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/sketchfab-spinner
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/sketchfab-spinner/MAL-2025-192380.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5qcc-vjwf-8mvh

Compromised versions (1)

• = 99.9.9

Any computer that installed or ran a compromised version should be considered fully compromised. Rotate every secret on that machine from a clean environment.