knot-devise-jwt-helperRubyGems
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knot-devise-jwt-helper is a confirmed malicious RubyGems package (MAL-2026-3632) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 1.0.7). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in knot-devise-jwt-helper (RubyGems)
What this malware does
This package is a malicious packages part of the Go BufferZoneCorp and RubyGems knot-theory clusters. The packages in this cluster steal credentials, set up ssh access and tamper with build/workflow environmetn variables.
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Credential / info stealerFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for knot-devise-jwt-helper (version 1.0.7).
If you installed it — respond
knot-devise-jwt-helper is built to steal secrets, so assume every credential the build or runtime could read is compromised. Remove it from your project and lockfile, then rotate ALL exposed secrets — npm/registry tokens, cloud keys, CI/CD secrets, SSH keys, and any .env values — from a known-clean machine. Audit logs for unauthorized use of those credentials.
Did it already run?
If knot-devise-jwt-helper 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.
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References
Detect & block this
O3 blocks knot-devise-jwt-helper-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.