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Malicious package

alephant_publisher-queueRubyGems

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

MAL-2024-6548
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
gem uninstall alephant_publisher-queue

Malicious versions

1 flagged
2.6.0

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

d2b0ca284b2e867cb19e04c45a6a9a12949f5a3110fc79b2db2bea94f56de399
35595f6c4996a1a5c028851edc155f4ea8a4b56d174c71a929524c72014841fa

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 alephant_publisher-queue (version 2.6.0). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging alephant_publisher-queue across your stack and pipelines.

  2. If you installed it — respond

    Remove alephant_publisher-queue 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 alephant_publisher-queue 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 alephant_publisher-queue 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. alephant_publisher-queue on RubyGems has been identified as a malicious package (version 2.6.0 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

RLMA-2024-05354RLUA-2024-09873

References

Credits

  • ReversingLabs · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks alephant_publisher-queue-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.

alephant_publisher-queue (RubyGems) malicious package — MAL-2024-6548 | O3 Security