Which versions of comic-vine are malicious?

The following RubyGems versions of comic-vine are flagged malicious: 0.1.5. Treat any of these as compromised.

How do I remediate comic-vine if I installed it?

Remove comic-vine 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.

I already installed comic-vine — how do I know if it already compromised me?

If comic-vine was installed, its post-install payload may already have run. Removing the package does not undo that — check outbound connections and credential use from the install window onward.

Is comic-vine part of a known attack campaign?

Yes — comic-vine is associated with the RLMA-2024-05644, RLUA-2024-10163, RLUA-2026-07939 campaign. Packages in the same campaign often share infrastructure and payloads, so check whether any related packages are also in your dependency tree.

How do I find comic-vine across my projects, lockfiles, and CI pipelines?

Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for comic-vine (version 0.1.5).

Malicious package

comic-vineRubyGems

Advisory published Jun 25, 2024Updated Sep 24, 2026

comic-vine is a confirmed malicious RubyGems package (MAL-2024-6838) that executes malicious code on install (malicious version 0.1.5). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in comic-vine (RubyGems)

MAL-2024-6838

Immediate action

Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.

gem uninstall comic-vine

Malicious versions

1 flagged

0.1.5

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

1d3d99ce269b3d0c46ebc63feab998db8c94c0e229956f1bc3e79658c5a336f5

9bacfc5eeca88b963c1b7adf852e1cb3a5c7308ec055c8c815842702fe439765

eabda12489fb0f958bcaff48676a20684f1f7f2f2dcaf9d6fc0e5c8358a6a87c

Detection & response playbook

Malicious package

Find it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for comic-vine (version 0.1.5).
If you installed it — respond
Remove comic-vine 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.
Did it already run?
If comic-vine was installed, its post-install payload may already have run. Removing the package does not undo that — check outbound connections and credential use from the install window onward.

Frequently asked questions

No. comic-vine on RubyGems has been identified as a malicious package (version 0.1.5 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

RLMA-2024-05644RLUA-2024-10163RLUA-2026-07939

References

Credits

ReversingLabs · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks comic-vine-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.

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