Top issues
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
No prevalence information at this timeNext 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
Private keys and certificates are considered sensitive information that should not be included in released software packages. However, developers frequently release sensitive information alongside their applications to facilitate automated software testing. Testing keys and certificates often proliferate through the software supply chain. When such information gets shared publicly, it is catalogued by file reputation databases. Any private key and certificate files seen by a file reputation database prior to configured time threshold can be automatically suppressed. Commonly shared sensitive information is not considered to be secret.Prevalence in RubyGems community
16 packages
found in
Top 100
83 packages
found in
Top 1k
671 packages
found in
Top 10k
5227 packages
in community
Next steps
Review the commonly shared sensitive information for evidence of inadvertently exposed secrets.
If the keys were published unintentionally and the software has been made public, you should revoke the keys and file a security incident.
Top behaviors
Modifies file/directory permissions.
permissions
Prevalence in RubyGems community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
16 packages
found in
Top 100
66 packages
found in
Top 1k
577 packages
found in
Top 10k
4368 packages
in community
Might contain potentially obfuscated code or data.
anomaly
Prevalence in RubyGems community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
7 packages
found in
Top 100
38 packages
found in
Top 1k
454 packages
found in
Top 10k
4727 packages
in community
Encodes data using the Base64 algorithm.
packer
Prevalence in RubyGems community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
15 packages
found in
Top 100
98 packages
found in
Top 1k
644 packages
found in
Top 10k
5994 packages
in community
Decodes data using the Base64 algorithm.
packer
Prevalence in RubyGems community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
15 packages
found in
Top 100
74 packages
found in
Top 1k
454 packages
found in
Top 10k
3816 packages
in community
Accesses the /etc/ld.so.conf file.
file
Prevalence in RubyGems community
Behavior uncommon for this community (Uncommon)
2 packages
found in
Top 100
4 packages
found in
Top 1k
47 packages
found in
Top 10k
254 packages
in community
Top vulnerabilities
No vulnerabilities found.