knot-activesupport-logger

GHSA-mwfv-hv2h-2pgf

Malicious code in knot-activesupport-logger (RubyGems)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 7.1.6`

## Source: google-open-source-security (a4e4f74e90479d472a307d311d48214827e21cf93ecf9b0b62ff2cb72adb2c9e)
This package is a malicious packages part of the Go BufferZoneCorp and RubyGems knot-theory clusters.
The packages in this cluster steal credentials, set up ssh access and tamper with build/workflow environmetn variables.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/9fbb5fba02ba2f02395d3d2d43c31b2c482b7a9d/osv/malicious/rubygems/knot-activesupport-logger/MAL-2026-3630.json))

**References:**
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/9fbb5fba02ba2f02395d3d2d43c31b2c482b7a9d/osv/malicious/rubygems/knot-activesupport-logger/MAL-2026-3630.json
- https://socket.dev/blog/malicious-ruby-gems-and-go-modules-steal-secrets-poison-ci
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mwfv-hv2h-2pgf

Compromised versions (1)

= 7.1.6

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