Which versions of moving-words are malicious?

The following RubyGems versions of moving-words are flagged malicious: 0.0.3. Treat any of these as compromised.

How do I remediate moving-words if I installed it?

Remove moving-words 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 moving-words — how do I know if it already compromised me?

If moving-words 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 moving-words part of a known attack campaign?

Yes — moving-words is associated with the RLMA-2024-05798, RLUA-2024-10319, RLUA-2026-08603 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 moving-words across my projects, lockfiles, and CI pipelines?

Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for moving-words (version 0.0.3).

Malicious package

moving-wordsRubyGems

Advisory published Jun 25, 2024Updated Sep 24, 2026

moving-words is a confirmed malicious RubyGems package (MAL-2024-6992) that executes malicious code on install (malicious version 0.0.3). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in moving-words (RubyGems)

MAL-2024-6992

Immediate action

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

gem uninstall moving-words

Malicious versions

1 flagged

0.0.3

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

4790303ff7b014f1355d55ec7ab7635da07fa6d286f6f621bc14b9499dbce16c

01f7a6de0a2baa067dd88722a08d23454cb5e3528850da9661f274f026d53126

918ddf45175de9542fe9eb291375b01078d6880fd982e1977c5cadcd58938c00

Detection & response playbook

Malicious package

Find it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for moving-words (version 0.0.3).
If you installed it — respond
Remove moving-words 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 moving-words 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. moving-words on RubyGems has been identified as a malicious package (version 0.0.3 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

RLMA-2024-05798RLUA-2024-10319RLUA-2026-08603

References

Credits

ReversingLabs · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks moving-words-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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