VYPR

gem · Malicious package advisory

Malware

puppet-module-posix-system-r

GHSA-83gv-cxp8-4pmj

Malicious code in puppet-module-posix-system-r (RubyGems)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 1.0.0`

## Source: ossf-package-analysis (2ad3a13f7c087320a9f4bf76203fd40172a2b55172dec3ac957ad4d265c01425)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'puppet-module-posix-system-r' @ 1.0.0 (rubygems) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:
- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/9fbb5fba02ba2f02395d3d2d43c31b2c482b7a9d/osv/malicious/rubygems/puppet-module-posix-system-r/MAL-2023-1433.json))

**References:**
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/9fbb5fba02ba2f02395d3d2d43c31b2c482b7a9d/osv/malicious/rubygems/puppet-module-posix-system-r/MAL-2023-1433.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-83gv-cxp8-4pmj

Compromised versions (1)

  • = 1.0.0

Any computer that installed or ran a compromised version should be considered fully compromised. Rotate every secret on that machine from a clean environment.