test_gem_978483406ebb19126a2e8c001649a4ebRubyGems
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test_gem_978483406ebb19126a2e8c001649a4eb is a confirmed malicious RubyGems package (MAL-2025-192923) that executes malicious code on install (malicious version 1.0.0). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in test_gem_978483406ebb19126a2e8c001649a4eb (RubyGems)
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Detection & response playbook
Malicious packageFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for test_gem_978483406ebb19126a2e8c001649a4eb (version 1.0.0).
If you installed it — respond
Remove test_gem_978483406ebb19126a2e8c001649a4eb 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 test_gem_978483406ebb19126a2e8c001649a4eb 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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Detect & block this
O3 blocks test_gem_978483406ebb19126a2e8c001649a4eb-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.