spokeo

GHSA-qmc6-3c8g-fxjm

Malicious code in spokeo (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.1.0`

## Source: kam193 (77e85dedb987a603a027306a57e7b988de52be0c9f12fc2a04dfacf5e3adcd19)
Installing source package or importing the module starts downloading and running an external executable, which is widely recognized as malware


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


Campaign: 2025-06-spokeo


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - impersonation


 - malware


 - Downloads and executes a remote executable.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/spokeo/MAL-2025-6594.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/spokeo
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/spokeo/MAL-2025-6594.json
- https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/ac13cfd6701a8ed975e386b9fac6442700f6feaeb4e4c2329a6d504488649f93
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qmc6-3c8g-fxjm

Compromised versions (1)

= 0.1.0

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