Which versions of workarea-gift-cards are malicious?

The following RubyGems versions of workarea-gift-cards are flagged malicious: 4.0.1. Treat any of these as compromised.

How do I remediate workarea-gift-cards if I installed it?

Remove workarea-gift-cards 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 workarea-gift-cards — how do I know if it already compromised me?

If workarea-gift-cards 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 workarea-gift-cards part of a known attack campaign?

Yes — workarea-gift-cards is associated with the RLMA-2024-05850, RLUA-2024-10371, RLUA-2026-10006 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 workarea-gift-cards across my projects, lockfiles, and CI pipelines?

Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for workarea-gift-cards (version 4.0.1).

Malicious package

workarea-gift-cardsRubyGems

Advisory published Jun 25, 2024Updated Sep 24, 2026

workarea-gift-cards is a confirmed malicious RubyGems package (MAL-2024-7046) that executes malicious code on install (malicious version 4.0.1). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in workarea-gift-cards (RubyGems)

MAL-2024-7046

Immediate action

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

gem uninstall workarea-gift-cards

Malicious versions

1 flagged

4.0.1

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

5c4e7730c281c0e57778b53a9fc62b4dbfd88fd79e971c4c5155c5b9b710422e

9241a6c503ccdf0ac267d8acd7ab803eb192892089437692235151f5f5db15d5

522076a6d00884e0556fa25c71c89f2679cb18ee48290b1e4c04fab61d2eed2b

Detection & response playbook

Malicious package

Find it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for workarea-gift-cards (version 4.0.1).
If you installed it — respond
Remove workarea-gift-cards 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 workarea-gift-cards 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. workarea-gift-cards on RubyGems has been identified as a malicious package (version 4.0.1 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

RLMA-2024-05850RLUA-2024-10371RLUA-2026-10006

References

Credits

ReversingLabs · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks workarea-gift-cards-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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