Blender — Cyber Threats, Attacks & Incidents

Threat entity extracted from intelligence sources

Frequency
2
occurrences
First Seen
November 24, 2025
Last Seen
December 10, 2025

Blender is a widely used open-source 3D creation suite for modeling, animation, and asset development.

Blender is a technology platform tracked across 1 threat cluster and 2 intelligence report mentions on ThreatCluster. First observed November 24, 2025; most recent activity December 10, 2025.

Overview

Blender is a widely used open-source 3D creation suite for modeling, animation, and asset development. Recent reports show attackers embedding a stealer in Blender model files to deliver the StealC infostealer, illustrating a file-based attack surface within Blender assets and distribution channels. This underscores the cybersecurity risk to individuals and organizations that download, share, or rely on Blender models from untrusted sources.

Related Threat Clusters

  • StealC Malware Spread via Malicious Blender 3D Model Files

    A Russian-linked campaign is distributing the StealC V2 infostealer malware through malicious Blender 3D model files uploaded to marketplaces like CGTrader. This malware exploits Blender's ability to execute Python…

    2 articles · Updated December 10, 2025

Recent Intelligence Reports

  • A stealer hiding in Blender 3D models — Kaspersky · December 10, 2025
  • Malicious Blender model files deliver StealC infostealing malware — Bleepingcomputer · November 24, 2025

Frequently asked questions

What is Blender?

Blender is a widely used open-source 3D creation suite for modeling, animation, and asset development.

Is Blender still active?

The most recent intelligence report mentioning Blender on ThreatCluster is dated December 10, 2025. Activity was first observed November 24, 2025, giving a tracked span from then to December 10, 2025.

What is Blender associated with?

Across ThreatCluster reporting, Blender most frequently co-occurs with Malware, StealC, T1059.001 - PowerShell, T1059.006 - Python, CGTrader, among 9 tracked related entities.

What are the latest developments involving Blender?

The most significant recent cluster is “StealC Malware Spread via Malicious Blender 3D Model Files” (2 articles · Updated December 10, 2025). Blender appears across 1 threat cluster in total, listed above with sources.

How much reporting does ThreatCluster have on Blender?

Blender appears in 2 intelligence report mentions across 1 deduplicated threat cluster, aggregated from 17,000+ monitored sources.

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