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gem · Malicious package advisory

Malware

puppet-module-posix-system-r3.2

GHSA-mjw8-6c5m-7q74

Malicious code in puppet-module-posix-system-r3.2 (RubyGems)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 1.0.0`

## Source: ossf-package-analysis (835ce606cd37fa823a80a445ab30dce0ec0005af3a78f9ed7a8d35d63db99474)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'puppet-module-posix-system-r3.2' @ 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-r3.2/MAL-2023-1436.json))

**References:**
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/9fbb5fba02ba2f02395d3d2d43c31b2c482b7a9d/osv/malicious/rubygems/puppet-module-posix-system-r3.2/MAL-2023-1436.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mjw8-6c5m-7q74

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.