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Malicious package

wprox-c217-extra0RubyGems

Advisory published Updated

wprox-c217-extra0 is a confirmed malicious RubyGems package (MAL-2026-9463) 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-extra0 (RubyGems)

MAL-2026-9463
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
gem uninstall wprox-c217-extra0

Malicious versions

1 flagged
0.0.1

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

0cf2e13c6d8e606ad950ef13543cd6ad3113e72fe68e71132088e3dfb99b77d2
e9cbcc4f15abd9be497f5bd5f40810c5f987fd288a66a6bb69ab64c32bc36287

Detection & response playbook

Backdoor / remote access
  1. Find it

    Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for wprox-c217-extra0 (version 0.0.1).

  2. If you installed it — respond

    wprox-c217-extra0 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-extra0 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-extra0 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-2026-04114RLUA-2026-10046

References

Credits

  • ReversingLabs · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks wprox-c217-extra0-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-extra0 (RubyGems) malicious package — MAL-2026-9463 | O3 Security