Top issues
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
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
Proprietary ReversingLabs analysis engine supports a wide range of commonly used archive and software packaging formats. Using automated static file decomposition technologies, the engine recursively analyzes complex software packages. Software analysis is typically conducted in multiple steps. Content identification, unpacking, validation, and classification are some of the steps performed on each analyzed file. The analysis engine may sometimes identify archive or software packaging formats that are not supported for deep file inspection or unpacking. This issue is reported for files that might contain additional software components that were not listed in the Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) due to lack of packaging format support. File reputation lookup and surface level analysis are still performed for all unsupported file formats. Therefore, some files might get detected as malicious even though they are packaged in an unsupported format.Prevalence in RubyGems community
0 packages
found in
Top 100
2 packages
found in
Top 1k
6 packages
found in
Top 10k
38 packages
in community
Next steps
Consult the ReversingLabs product documentation for a list of supported archive and software packaging formats.
Consider repackaging the software in an alternative file format to increase the analysis coverage.
Contact the ReversingLabs product management team to discuss our format coverage roadmap.
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
Contains potentially deceptive links.
evasion
Prevalence in RubyGems community
Behavior uncommon for this community (Uncommon)
1 packages
found in
Top 100
3 packages
found in
Top 1k
34 packages
found in
Top 10k
242 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
Contains URLs that link to interesting file formats.
network
Prevalence in RubyGems community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
53 packages
found in
Top 100
247 packages
found in
Top 1k
2209 packages
found in
Top 10k
16324 packages
in community
Email message contains multiple phrases that imply a sense of urgency.
signature
Prevalence in RubyGems community
Behavior uncommon for this community (Uncommon)
0 packages
found in
Top 100
0 packages
found in
Top 1k
5 packages
found in
Top 10k
9 packages
in community
Contains URLs that contain basic authentication credentials.
network
Prevalence in RubyGems community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
13 packages
found in
Top 100
54 packages
found in
Top 1k
440 packages
found in
Top 10k
3598 packages
in community
Top vulnerabilities
No vulnerabilities found.