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grape-jwt-authentication

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A reusable Grape JWT authentication concern
License: Permissive (MIT)
Published: 12 days ago
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SAFE Assessment

Compliance

Licenses
No license compliance issues
Secrets
No sensitive information found

Security

Vulnerabilities
1 medium severity vulnerabilities
Hardening
No application hardening issues

Threats

Tampering
No evidence of software tampering
Malware
No evidence of malware inclusion

Popularity

379.04k
Total Downloads
1
Contributor
8
Declared Dependencies
1
Dependents

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Problem

Operating systems execute application code in multiple privilege access levels. Separation of privileges is designed to protect the stability and integrity of the operating system by shielding it from issues that the user run applications may cause. However, some users may need to interact with higher privilege parts of the operating system to accomplish specific tasks. For this purpose, operating systems provide facilities that users may leverage to temporarily elevate their running privileges. Users with higher privileges can run any application with the same privilege level as their own. Attackers often try to trick privileged users into running malicious code, enabling them to infect the operating system. While the presence of code that elevates user privileges does not necessarily imply malicious intent, all of its uses in a software package should be documented and approved. Only select applications should consider using functions that can elevate user privileges. One example of acceptable use for such functions is allowing the users to install software packages and updates.

Prevalence in RubyGems community

1 packages
found in
Top 100
5 packages
found in
Top 1k
45 packages
found in
Top 10k
290 packages
in community

Next steps

Investigate reported detections as indicators of software tampering.
Consult Mitre ATT&CK documentation: T1548 - Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism.
Consider rewriting the flagged code without using the marked behaviors.

Problem

Software composition analysis has identified a component with one or more known vulnerabilities. Based on the CVSS scoring, these vulnerabilities have been marked as medium severity.

Prevalence in RubyGems community

37 packages
found in
Top 100
241 packages
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Top 1k
3097 packages
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Top 10k
47522 packages
in community

Next steps

Perform impact analysis for the reported CVEs.
Update the component to the latest version.
If the update can't resolve the issue, create a plan to isolate or replace the affected component.

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

No prevalence information at this time

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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Prevalence in RubyGems community

Behavior often found in this community (Common)
9 packages
found in
Top 100
46 packages
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Top 1k
292 packages
found in
Top 10k
2676 packages
in community

Prevalence in RubyGems community

Behavior often found in this community (Common)
7 packages
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Top 100
16 packages
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Top 1k
145 packages
found in
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1178 packages
in community

Prevalence in RubyGems community

Behavior uncommon for this community (Uncommon)
0 packages
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3 packages
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Top 1k
12 packages
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Top 10k
119 packages
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Prevalence in RubyGems community

Behavior uncommon for this community (Uncommon)
0 packages
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3 packages
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28 packages
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184 packages
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Prevalence in RubyGems community

Behavior uncommon for this community (Uncommon)
2 packages
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Top 100
2 packages
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Top 1k
39 packages
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287 packages
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Top vulnerabilities

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Vulnerability Exploitation Lifecycle
(1 Active Vulnerabilities)
None
1 (1 Fixable)
CVE-2018-3769m
None
None
Exploits Unknown
Exploits Exist
Exploited by Malware
Patching Mandated

FAQ for grape-jwt-authentication

What is grape-jwt-authentication?

A reusable Grape JWT authentication concern. For more information about this package, visit its homepage.

Is grape-jwt-authentication malicious or is it safe to use?

The Ruby package grape-jwt-authentication was scanned for malware, software tampering, risky behaviors, exposed secrets and known vulnerabilities. The package contains risks, and the analysis results should be reviewed before it is downloaded and used. Visit the Issues and Behaviors sections of the analysis for more details.

Is grape-jwt-authentication popular?

The Ruby package grape-jwt-authentication ranks among the top 10000 projects in this community. It has 379K recorded downloads. A package's popularity is not a good indicator of its safety, visit the SAFE Assessment section to see the full analysis of package deployment risk categories.

How do I secure grape-jwt-authentication once it is in my app?

Since we can't know when or where malicious attacks will happen, we recommend tracking how grape-jwt-authentication behaviors change over multiple software releases. By adopting differential analysis in your release process, you can detect unexpected changes to a grape-jwt-authentication version, which can prevent advanced software supply chain attacks. Read how our technology can help prevent future attacks similar to SolarWinds and 3CX.

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