Summary
protspace v4.1.0 was classified as CRITICAL RISK with a risk score of 203. Sigil detected 20 findings across 137 files, covering phases including provenance, install hooks, network exfiltration, code patterns, obfuscation. Review the findings below before installing this package.
Package description: A visualisation tool for protein embeddings from pLMs
v4.1.0
28 March 2026, 19:02 UTC
by Sigil Bot
Risk Score
203
Findings
20
Files Scanned
137
Provenance
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install-pip-setup-exec
CRITICALsetup.py executes code at install time
protspace-4.1.0/CHANGELOG.md:574
Cell 1 — Install & Setup (~30s):
- pip install under %%capture (zero output)Why was this flagged?
This setup.py calls subprocess, os.system, exec, or eval during package installation. Legitimate packages rarely need to execute arbitrary commands at install time. This pattern is commonly used by malicious packages to download and run payloads, exfiltrate environment variables, or establish persistence. Rated CRITICAL because it runs with the installer's full permissions.
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