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Malicious package

active-toolsRubyGems

Malicious code in active-tools (RubyGems) Remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

MAL-2024-6445
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
gem uninstall active-tools

Malicious versions

1 flagged
0.2.5

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

a40d5c4ed9e332054e520a2455a3d119c2b69184dbcde6411b1c417e05d51a29
e56862de6f6b67db19e786ea42c53596610b938f8eacfe8a03fea218bcc20b92

Detection & response playbook

Malicious package
  1. Find it

    Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for active-tools (version 0.2.5). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging active-tools across your stack and pipelines.

  2. If you installed it — respond

    Remove active-tools from your project and lockfile, then assume any secrets accessible to the build or runtime were exposed: rotate API keys, tokens, and credentials, and audit for unexpected outbound activity or persistence.

  3. Did it already run?

    If active-tools was ever installed, its post-install/runtime payload may have already executed. O3's L7 egress monitoring and runtime eBPF sensors detect the credential exfiltration or command-and-control callback after install and block the malicious outbound channel, so you catch and contain the actual compromise — not just the presence of the package.

  4. How O3 protects you

    O3 blocks active-tools before install through its supply-chain scanner, and if it has already run, detects and severs the exfiltration or C2 callback at runtime through L7 egress monitoring and eBPF.

Frequently asked questions

No. active-tools on RubyGems has been identified as a malicious package (version 0.2.5 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

RLMA-2024-05252RLUA-2024-09771

References

Credits

  • ReversingLabs · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks active-tools-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the malicious outbound activity and severs the channel.

active-tools (RubyGems) malicious package — MAL-2024-6445 | O3 Security