Top issues
Detected presence of software components that had a recent package version removal incident.
hunting
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. Some open source repositories allow the developers to take down software component versions that they have published. For open source projects, version unpublishing is uncommon. Versions are typically removed due to a security incident, such as malicious code tampering or accidental development secrets exposure. Software developers often prioritize taking down such packages before informing the community that they have experienced a security incident. Therefore, it is prudent to review the reasons behind software version removals as these events might be a signal of an ongoing software supply chain attack.Prevalence in RubyGems community
50 packages
found in
Top 100
459 packages
found in
Top 1k
1913 packages
found in
Top 10k
23.3k packages
in community
Next steps
Review software component documentation for the reasons behind the recent version removal.
If the software version was removed due to a security incident, 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.
Detected presence of software components that are rarely included by other public software packages.
hunting
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.
Top behaviors
Contains IP addresses.
network
Prevalence in RubyGems community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
68 packages
found in
Top 100
564 packages
found in
Top 1k
3722 packages
found in
Top 10k
59.26k packages
in community
Might monitor keystrokes.
steal
Prevalence in RubyGems community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
6 packages
found in
Top 100
43 packages
found in
Top 1k
612 packages
found in
Top 10k
8.54k packages
in community
Contains URLs related to social network URLs.
network
Prevalence in RubyGems community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
18 packages
found in
Top 100
116 packages
found in
Top 1k
861 packages
found in
Top 10k
12.45k packages
in community
Sets a JavaScript interval, which repeatedly executes code.
execution
Prevalence in RubyGems community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
6 packages
found in
Top 100
51 packages
found in
Top 1k
558 packages
found in
Top 10k
8.04k packages
in community
Might create additional elements programmatically.
document
Prevalence in RubyGems community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
12 packages
found in
Top 100
67 packages
found in
Top 1k
745 packages
found in
Top 10k
10.43k packages
in community
Top vulnerabilities
No vulnerabilities found.