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SAFE Assessment

Compliance

Licenses

No license compliance issues

Secrets

No sensitive information found

Security

Vulnerabilities

No known vulnerabilities detected

Hardening

2 baseline mitigations missing

Threats

Tampering

1 components prone to hijacking

Malware

4 supply chain attack artifacts

INCIDENTS FOR THIS VERSION:

malware

Reported By: ReversingLabs (Researcher)

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malware

Reported By: Community (OpenSSF)

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removal

N/AReported By: Community

List of software quality issues with the number of affected components.

Policies

Info

Problem

Proprietary ReversingLabs malware detection algorithms have determined that the software package contains one or more malicious components. The detection was made by either a static byte signature, software component identity, or a complete file hash. This malware detection method is considered highly accurate, and can typically attribute malware to previously discovered software supply chain attacks. It is common to have multiple supply chain attack artifacts that relate to a single malware incident.

Prevalence in RubyGems community

1 packages

found in

Top 100

0 packages

found in

Top 1k

4 packages

found in

Top 10k

911 packages

in community

Next steps

If the software intent does not relate to malicious behavior, investigate the build and release environment for software supply chain compromise.

Avoid using this software package.

Problem

Threat researchers have manually inspected the software package and determined that it contains one or more malicious files. The detection was made by a hash-based file reputation lookup. This malware detection method is considered highly accurate, and can typically identify the malware family by name.

Prevalence in RubyGems community

1 packages

found in

Top 100

0 packages

found in

Top 1k

6 packages

found in

Top 10k

909 packages

in community

Next steps

Investigate the build and release environment for software supply chain compromise.

Avoid using this software package.

Problem

Data Execution Prevention (DEP/NX) is a vulnerability mitigation option that prevents data from being interpreted as code anywhere within the application. This mitigation protects the application stack, heap and other memory data ranges. Executable files that fail to implement this mitigation expose the user to increased risks of malicious code injection.

Prevalence in RubyGems community

3 packages

found in

Top 100

11 packages

found in

Top 1k

81 packages

found in

Top 10k

6.64k packages

in community

Next steps

It's highly recommended to enable this option for all software components used at security boundaries, or those that process user controlled inputs.

To enable this mitigation, refer to your programming language linker documentation.

In Microsoft VisualStudio, you can enable DEP mitigation by setting the linker option /NXCOMPAT to ON.

Problem

Sensitive executable memory regions should be kept as read-only to protect the integrity of trusted execution code flow paths. Imported function addresses are pointers to the symbols that implement the application-required functionality. If those pointers are changed by malicious code, execution paths can be redirected to unintended locations. Most modern programming language toolchains protect those memory regions appropriately. These issues are commonly reported for outdated linkers and non-compliant executable packing solutions.

Prevalence in RubyGems community

3 packages

found in

Top 100

11 packages

found in

Top 1k

79 packages

found in

Top 10k

7.33k packages

in community

Next steps

Review the programming language linker options, and consider a build toolchain update.

Problem

Sensitive executable memory regions should be kept as read-only to protect the integrity of trusted execution code flow paths. Thread local storage (TLS) callbacks are pointers to code initialization and resource release functions. If those pointers are changed by malicious code, execution paths can be redirected to unintended locations. Most modern programming language toolchains protect those memory regions appropriately. These issues are commonly reported for outdated linkers and non-compliant executable packing solutions.

Prevalence in RubyGems community

3 packages

found in

Top 100

9 packages

found in

Top 1k

52 packages

found in

Top 10k

6k packages

in community

Next steps

Review the programming language linker options, and consider a build toolchain update.

Problem

Software developers use programming and design knowledge to build reusable software components. Software components are the basic building blocks for modern applications. Software consumed by an enterprise consists of hundreds, and sometimes even thousands of open source components. Software developers publish components they have authored to public repositories. Open source projects are the intellectual property of their respective authors. At any time, the authors may choose to completely remove the software component from a public repository. This often occurs when a software project reaches its end-of-life stage, or when the software authors lose interest in maintaining the project. This kind of removal frees up the software package name, its unique software identifier in the public repository, for other developers to use. However, new software project owners might have malicious intent. Threat actors are continuously monitoring popular package names in case their unique identifiers suddenly become available for hijacking. Once the software projects falls under new ownership, the new maintainers may opt to use the project popularity to spread malware to unsuspecting users.

Prevalence in RubyGems community

0 packages

found in

Top 100

0 packages

found in

Top 1k

18 packages

found in

Top 10k

17.57k packages

in community

Next steps

Inspect behaviors exhibited by the detected software components.

If the software behaviors differ from expected, investigate the build and release environment for software supply chain compromise.

Revise the use of components that raise these alarms. If you can't deprecate those components, make sure that their versions are pinned.

Avoid using this software package until it is vetted as safe.

Problem

Software developers use programming and design knowledge to build reusable software components. Software components are the basic building blocks for modern applications. Software consumed by an enterprise consists of hundreds, and sometimes even thousands of open source components. Software developers publish components they have authored to public repositories. While a new software project is a welcome addition to the open source community, it is not always prudent to indiscriminately use the latest components when building a commercial application. Irrespective of the software quality, the danger of being the first to try out a new project lies in the fact that the software component may contain novel, currently undetected malicious code. Therefore, it is prudent to review software component behaviors and even try out software component in a sandbox, an environment meant for testing untrusted code.

Prevalence in RubyGems community

0 packages

found in

Top 100

1 packages

found in

Top 1k

28 packages

found in

Top 10k

119.24k packages

in community

Next steps

Check the software component behaviors for anomalies.

Consider exploratory software component testing within a sandbox environment.

Consider replacing the software component with a more widely used alternative.

Avoid using this software package until it is vetted as safe.

Problem

Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) is a vulnerability mitigation option that forces software components to load on a different memory base address each time they are used. This makes the memory layout unpredictable, and it is therefore harder for malicious code to be reliably injected during application runtime.

Prevalence in RubyGems community

0 packages

found in

Top 100

2 packages

found in

Top 1k

32 packages

found in

Top 10k

2.08k packages

in community

Next steps

It's highly recommended to enable this option for all software components used at security boundaries, or those that process user controlled inputs. For best results, use ASLR together with Data Execution Prevention (DEP/NX).

To enable this mitigation, refer to your programming language linker documentation.

In Microsoft VisualStudio, you can enable ASLR mitigation by setting the linker option /DYNAMICBASE to ON.

Problem

Software developers use programming and design knowledge to build reusable software components. Software components are the basic building blocks for modern applications. Software consumed by an enterprise consists of hundreds, and sometimes even thousands of open source components. Software developers publish components they have authored to public repositories. While a new software project is a welcome addition to the open source community. it is not always prudent to indiscriminately use the latest components when building a commercial application. Irrespective of the software quality, the danger of using components that are rarely used to build applications lies in the fact that the software component may contain novel, currently undetected malicious code. Therefore, it is prudent to review software component behaviors and even try out software component in a sandbox, an environment meant for testing untrusted code.

Prevalence in RubyGems community

1 packages

found in

Top 100

98 packages

found in

Top 1k

3817 packages

found in

Top 10k

185.27k packages

in community

Next steps

Check the software component behaviors for anomalies.

Consider exploratory software component testing within a sandbox environment.

Consider replacing the software component with a more widely used alternative.

Avoid using this software package until it is vetted as safe.

Problem

Software developers use programming and design knowledge to build reusable software components. Software components are the basic building blocks for modern applications. Software consumed by an enterprise consists of hundreds, and sometimes even thousands of open source components. Open source communities depend on the work of thousands of software developers that volunteer their time to maintain software components. Software developers build up the reputation of their open source projects by developing in public. Modern source code repositories have many social features that allow software developers to handle bug reports, have discussions with their users, and convey reaching significant project milestones. It is uncommon to find open source projects that omit linking their component to a publicly accessible source code repository.

Prevalence in RubyGems community

60 packages

found in

Top 100

570 packages

found in

Top 1k

6510 packages

found in

Top 10k

173.74k packages

in community

Next steps

Check the software component behaviors for anomalies.

Consider exploratory software component testing within a sandbox environment.

Consider replacing the software component with a more widely used alternative.

Avoid using this software package until it is vetted as safe.

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List of software quality issues with the number of affected components.

Policies

Info

Problem

Prevalence in RubyGems community

1 packages

found in

Top 100

0 packages

found in

Top 1k

4 packages

found in

Top 10k

911 packages

in community

Next steps

If the software intent does not relate to malicious behavior, investigate the build and release environment for software supply chain compromise.

Avoid using this software package.

Problem

Prevalence in RubyGems community

1 packages

found in

Top 100

0 packages

found in

Top 1k

6 packages

found in

Top 10k

909 packages

in community

Next steps

Investigate the build and release environment for software supply chain compromise.

Avoid using this software package.

Problem

Prevalence in RubyGems community

3 packages

found in

Top 100

11 packages

found in

Top 1k

81 packages

found in

Top 10k

6.64k packages

in community

Next steps

It's highly recommended to enable this option for all software components used at security boundaries, or those that process user controlled inputs.

To enable this mitigation, refer to your programming language linker documentation.

In Microsoft VisualStudio, you can enable DEP mitigation by setting the linker option /NXCOMPAT to ON.

Problem

Prevalence in RubyGems community

3 packages

found in

Top 100

11 packages

found in

Top 1k

79 packages

found in

Top 10k

7.33k packages

in community

Next steps

Review the programming language linker options, and consider a build toolchain update.

Problem

Prevalence in RubyGems community

3 packages

found in

Top 100

9 packages

found in

Top 1k

52 packages

found in

Top 10k

6k packages

in community

Next steps

Review the programming language linker options, and consider a build toolchain update.

Problem

Prevalence in RubyGems community

0 packages

found in

Top 100

0 packages

found in

Top 1k

18 packages

found in

Top 10k

17.57k packages

in community

Next steps

Inspect behaviors exhibited by the detected software components.

If the software behaviors differ from expected, investigate the build and release environment for software supply chain compromise.

Revise the use of components that raise these alarms. If you can't deprecate those components, make sure that their versions are pinned.

Avoid using this software package until it is vetted as safe.

Problem

Software developers use programming and design knowledge to build reusable software components. Software components are the basic building blocks for modern applications. Software consumed by an enterprise consists of hundreds, and sometimes even thousands of open source components. Software developers publish components they have authored to public repositories. While a new software project is a welcome addition to the open source community, it is not always prudent to indiscriminately use the latest components when building a commercial application. Irrespective of the software quality, the danger of being the first to try out a new project lies in the fact that the software component may contain novel, currently undetected malicious code. Therefore, it is prudent to review software component behaviors and even try out software component in a sandbox, an environment meant for testing untrusted code.

Prevalence in RubyGems community

0 packages

found in

Top 100

1 packages

found in

Top 1k

28 packages

found in

Top 10k

119.24k packages

in community

Next steps

Check the software component behaviors for anomalies.

Consider exploratory software component testing within a sandbox environment.

Consider replacing the software component with a more widely used alternative.

Avoid using this software package until it is vetted as safe.

Problem

Prevalence in RubyGems community

0 packages

found in

Top 100

2 packages

found in

Top 1k

32 packages

found in

Top 10k

2.08k packages

in community

Next steps

To enable this mitigation, refer to your programming language linker documentation.

In Microsoft VisualStudio, you can enable ASLR mitigation by setting the linker option /DYNAMICBASE to ON.

Problem

Software developers use programming and design knowledge to build reusable software components. Software components are the basic building blocks for modern applications. Software consumed by an enterprise consists of hundreds, and sometimes even thousands of open source components. Software developers publish components they have authored to public repositories. While a new software project is a welcome addition to the open source community. it is not always prudent to indiscriminately use the latest components when building a commercial application. Irrespective of the software quality, the danger of using components that are rarely used to build applications lies in the fact that the software component may contain novel, currently undetected malicious code. Therefore, it is prudent to review software component behaviors and even try out software component in a sandbox, an environment meant for testing untrusted code.

Prevalence in RubyGems community

1 packages

found in

Top 100

98 packages

found in

Top 1k

3817 packages

found in

Top 10k

185.27k packages

in community

Next steps

Check the software component behaviors for anomalies.

Consider exploratory software component testing within a sandbox environment.

Consider replacing the software component with a more widely used alternative.

Avoid using this software package until it is vetted as safe.

Problem

Software developers use programming and design knowledge to build reusable software components. Software components are the basic building blocks for modern applications. Software consumed by an enterprise consists of hundreds, and sometimes even thousands of open source components. Open source communities depend on the work of thousands of software developers that volunteer their time to maintain software components. Software developers build up the reputation of their open source projects by developing in public. Modern source code repositories have many social features that allow software developers to handle bug reports, have discussions with their users, and convey reaching significant project milestones. It is uncommon to find open source projects that omit linking their component to a publicly accessible source code repository.

Prevalence in RubyGems community

60 packages

found in

Top 100

570 packages

found in

Top 1k

6510 packages

found in

Top 10k

173.74k packages

in community

Next steps

Check the software component behaviors for anomalies.

Consider exploratory software component testing within a sandbox environment.

Consider replacing the software component with a more widely used alternative.

Avoid using this software package until it is vetted as safe.

a15z8my-name

SAFE Assessment

Compliance

Security

Threats

IMPORTANT: All versions of this package have been maliciousLatest version with malware incident detected: over 6 years agoVersion: 0.1.0

INCIDENTS FOR THIS VERSION:

SQ30105Detected presence of known software supply chain attack artifacts.Causes risk: supply chain attack artifactsthreats

Problem

Prevalence in RubyGems community

Next steps

SQ30109Detected presence of malicious files through analyst-vetted file reputation.Causes risk: analyst-vetted malware foundthreats

Problem

Prevalence in RubyGems community

Next steps

SQ14102Detected Windows executable files that do not implement the DEP vulnerability mitigation protection.Causes risk: baseline mitigations missinghardening

Problem

Prevalence in RubyGems community

Next steps

SQ14156Detected Windows executable files with imported functions susceptible to pointer hijacking.Causes risk: execution hijacking concernshardening

Problem

Prevalence in RubyGems community

Next steps

SQ14158Detected Windows executable files with TLS callbacks susceptible to pointer hijacking.Causes risk: execution hijacking concernshardening

Problem

Prevalence in RubyGems community

Next steps

TH30103Detected presence of software components that were removed from the public package repository.Causes risk: components prone to hijackinghunting

Problem

Prevalence in RubyGems community

Next steps

TH30106Detected presence of software components that have low popularity or number of downloads.hunting

Problem

Prevalence in RubyGems community

Next steps

SQ14105Detected Windows executable files that do not implement the ASLR vulnerability mitigation protection.Causes risk: baseline mitigations missinghardening

Problem

Prevalence in RubyGems community

Next steps

TH30107Detected presence of software components that are rarely included by other public software packages.hunting

Problem

Prevalence in RubyGems community

Next steps

TH30112Detected presence of software components without a declared source code repository.hunting

Problem

Prevalence in RubyGems community

Next steps

Did you know...

SQ30105Detected presence of known software supply chain attack artifacts.Causes risk: supply chain attack artifactsthreats

Problem

Prevalence in RubyGems community

Next steps

SQ30109Detected presence of malicious files through analyst-vetted file reputation.Causes risk: analyst-vetted malware foundthreats

Problem

Prevalence in RubyGems community

Next steps

SQ14102Detected Windows executable files that do not implement the DEP vulnerability mitigation protection.Causes risk: baseline mitigations missinghardening

Problem

Prevalence in RubyGems community

Next steps

SQ14156Detected Windows executable files with imported functions susceptible to pointer hijacking.Causes risk: execution hijacking concernshardening

Problem

Prevalence in RubyGems community

Next steps

SQ14158Detected Windows executable files with TLS callbacks susceptible to pointer hijacking.Causes risk: execution hijacking concernshardening

Problem

Prevalence in RubyGems community

Next steps

TH30103Detected presence of software components that were removed from the public package repository.Causes risk: components prone to hijackinghunting

Problem

Prevalence in RubyGems community

Next steps

TH30106Detected presence of software components that have low popularity or number of downloads.hunting

Problem

Prevalence in RubyGems community

Next steps

SQ14105Detected Windows executable files that do not implement the ASLR vulnerability mitigation protection.Causes risk: baseline mitigations missinghardening

Problem

Prevalence in RubyGems community

Next steps