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Malicious package

wprox-c217-2fossilRubyGems

Advisory published Updated

wprox-c217-2fossil is a confirmed malicious RubyGems package (MAL-2026-9458) 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-c217-2fossil (RubyGems)

MAL-2026-9458
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
gem uninstall wprox-c217-2fossil

Malicious versions

1 flagged
0.0.1

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

8cae1007abb13945263e9ca14778a37f5507d3ae7fc671a8e045dcc8b525b1ca
1509e543b7052fc290dfdeb93986d994d61a09280f492fb32c1faf9aabefcefe

Detection & response playbook

Backdoor / remote access
  1. Find it

    Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for wprox-c217-2fossil (version 0.0.1).

  2. If you installed it — respond

    wprox-c217-2fossil 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-c217-2fossil 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-c217-2fossil 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-2026-04109RLUA-2026-10041

References

Credits

  • ReversingLabs · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks wprox-c217-2fossil-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the C2 callback and severs the channel.

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wprox-c217-2fossil (RubyGems) malicious package — MAL-2026-9458 | O3 Security