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Malicious package

activerecord-safe-initializeRubyGems

Malicious code in activerecord-safe-initialize (RubyGems) Remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

MAL-2024-6474
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
gem uninstall activerecord-safe-initialize

Malicious versions

1 flagged
0.2.0

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

afdca3487f79cf7d4256fc68f84ec0d80fe8a21a49f4cab1275467ebf3bc571b
d30348912bbf02e7573ebbbd922a96e0b10ac1b8f4209365255a9f70feaa6a7d

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 activerecord-safe-initialize (version 0.2.0). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging activerecord-safe-initialize across your stack and pipelines.

  2. If you installed it — respond

    Remove activerecord-safe-initialize 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 activerecord-safe-initialize 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 activerecord-safe-initialize 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. activerecord-safe-initialize on RubyGems has been identified as a malicious package (version 0.2.0 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

RLMA-2024-05280RLUA-2024-09799

References

Credits

  • ReversingLabs · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks activerecord-safe-initialize-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.

activerecord-safe-initialize (RubyGems) malicious package — MAL-2024-6474 | O3 Security