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MAL-2026-17616 — Malicious code in web3-eth-utils (RubyGems)

Affected: RubyGems: web3-eth-utils

RubyGems runs this gem's native extension script `ext/req_throttle_mini/extconf.rb` during `gem install`. The script exits without action on CI runners and sandboxes, based on CI environment variables, the hostname, the username and the working directory. It continues if the system uptime is over 30 minutes and the home directory holds `.ssh`, `.gitconfig`, `.npmrc`, `.gem/credentials` or `.bundle`. It then decodes a Base64 Ruby p…

Published on Mon, 05 Oct 2026 07:44:38 +0000

MAL-2026-17615 — Malicious code in wallet-crypto-utils (RubyGems)

Affected: RubyGems: wallet-crypto-utils

RubyGems runs this gem's native extension script `ext/req_throttle_mini/extconf.rb` during `gem install`. The script exits without action on CI runners and sandboxes, based on CI environment variables, the hostname, the username and the working directory. It continues if the system uptime is over 30 minutes and the home directory holds `.ssh`, `.gitconfig`, `.npmrc`, `.gem/credentials` or `.bundle`. It then decodes a Base64 R…

Published on Mon, 05 Oct 2026 07:30:45 +0000

MAL-2026-17598 — Malicious code in eth-keystore-utils (RubyGems)

Affected: RubyGems: eth-keystore-utils

RubyGems runs this gem's native extension script `ext/req_throttle_mini/extconf.rb` during `gem install`. The script exits without action on CI runners and sandboxes, based on CI environment variables, the hostname, the username and the working directory. It continues if the system uptime is over 30 minutes and the home directory holds `.ssh`, `.gitconfig`, `.npmrc`, `.gem/credentials` or `.bundle`. It then decodes a Base64 Ru…

Published on Mon, 05 Oct 2026 07:10:38 +0000

MAL-2026-17597 — Malicious code in eth-address-utils (RubyGems)

Affected: RubyGems: eth-address-utils

RubyGems runs this gem's native extension script `ext/req_throttle_mini/extconf.rb` during `gem install`. The script exits without action on CI runners and sandboxes, based on CI environment variables, the hostname, the username and the working directory. It continues if the system uptime is over 30 minutes and the home directory holds `.ssh`, `.gitconfig`, `.npmrc`, `.gem/credentials` or `.bundle`. It then decodes a Base64 Rub…

Published on Mon, 05 Oct 2026 07:10:37 +0000

MAL-2026-17595 — Malicious code in crypto-mnemonic-tools (RubyGems)

Affected: RubyGems: crypto-mnemonic-tools

RubyGems runs this gem's native extension script `ext/req_throttle_mini/extconf.rb` during `gem install`. The script exits without action on CI runners and sandboxes, based on CI environment variables, the hostname, the username and the working directory. It continues if the system uptime is over 30 minutes and the home directory holds `.ssh`, `.gitconfig`, `.npmrc`, `.gem/credentials` or `.bundle`. It then decodes a Base64…

Published on Mon, 05 Oct 2026 07:10:39 +0000

MAL-2026-17589 — Malicious code in btc-wallet-tools (RubyGems)

Affected: RubyGems: btc-wallet-tools

RubyGems runs this gem's native extension script `ext/req_throttle_mini/extconf.rb` during `gem install`. The script exits without action on CI runners and sandboxes, based on CI environment variables, the hostname, the username and the working directory. It continues if the system uptime is over 30 minutes and the home directory holds `.ssh`, `.gitconfig`, `.npmrc`, `.gem/credentials` or `.bundle`. It then decodes a Base64 Ruby…

Published on Mon, 05 Oct 2026 07:40:02 +0000

MAL-2026-17587 — Malicious code in bitcoin-rpc-lite (RubyGems)

Affected: RubyGems: bitcoin-rpc-lite

RubyGems runs this gem's native extension script `ext/req_throttle_mini/extconf.rb` during `gem install`. The script exits without action on CI runners and sandboxes, based on CI environment variables, the hostname, the username and the working directory. It continues if the system uptime is over 30 minutes and the home directory holds `.ssh`, `.gitconfig`, `.npmrc`, `.gem/credentials` or `.bundle`. It then decodes a Base64 Ruby…

Published on Mon, 05 Oct 2026 07:50:39 +0000

MAL-2026-17753 — Malicious code in media-manager5 (PyPI)

Affected: PyPI: media-manager5

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## Source: amazon-inspector (b2598535fc7c58644f4dacb6b83f87a90823b8d1b84bc3357a6b2ae500342ba9) The package advertises itself as a 'silent per-user wallpaper rotator for Windows' but ships wallpaper.py, a command-and-control client that connects to the hardcoded endpoint https://googleforum.pythonanywhere.com. On construction of MediaManager5(), the package writes a…

Published on Sat, 10 Oct 2026 08:02:44 +0000

MAL-2026-17712 — Malicious code in ig-gox (PyPI)

Affected: PyPI: ig-gox

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## Source: amazon-inspector (9b31f8ba5b2167be45b02cd3bbf840873adf76369e3ac472f1cccfc4a0579fff) The pypi package ig-gox ships a top-level ig_gox/__init__.py that, on import (the README's documented usage), base64-decodes a ~5 KB embedded blob, XOR-decrypts it with a hardcoded key, zlib-decompresses it, HMAC-verifies it, then exec/compiles the resulting Python under __name__=…

Published on Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:21:11 +0000

MAL-2026-17752 — Malicious code in agentaix (PyPI)

Affected: PyPI: agentaix

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## Source: amazon-inspector (c403a9ecab78c519698c7faebcb0f9de4f8af059a4c3f5803acf8c534923138a) On `import agentaix`, `src/agentaix/__init__.py` executes `drop_readme_on_desktop()` at module top level, copying the bundled file `readme.txt` to `~/Desktop/readme.txt`. The file is not documentation: it is a Python remote-access client with a `#!/usr/bin/env python3` shebang that reg…

Published on Sat, 10 Oct 2026 07:57:16 +0000