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Malicious package

wprox-c217-0bzrRubyGems

Advisory published Updated

wprox-c217-0bzr is a confirmed malicious RubyGems package (MAL-2026-9445) that opens a backdoor for remote access (malicious version 0.0.1). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in wprox-c217-0bzr (RubyGems)

MAL-2026-9445
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
gem uninstall wprox-c217-0bzr

Malicious versions

1 flagged
0.0.1

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

0c3d0086b72dfe73ea7943b58eb98f4ebaa67478d1ff28eb59e5b452141c1b60
3d5f5453ccc422c87f6fb6135521886c4f5ef3da8499f51b9742e14d27e60d45

Detection & response playbook

Backdoor / remote access
  1. Find it

    Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for wprox-c217-0bzr (version 0.0.1).

  2. If you installed it — respond

    wprox-c217-0bzr establishes remote access, so treat any host that installed it as fully compromised. Isolate the machine, remove the package, rotate all credentials it could reach, and rebuild from a trusted image rather than cleaning in place — a backdoor may have planted additional persistence.

  3. Did it already run?

    If wprox-c217-0bzr 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. wprox-c217-0bzr on RubyGems has been identified as a malicious package (version 0.0.1 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

RLMA-2026-04096RLUA-2026-10028

References

Credits

  • ReversingLabs · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks wprox-c217-0bzr-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the C2 callback and severs the channel.

Explore

wprox-c217-0bzr (RubyGems) malicious package — MAL-2026-9445 | O3 Security