MAL-2025-46899

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/rubygems/console_auth/MAL-2025-46899.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2025-46899
Aliases
  • GHSA-gx8p-ffph-8949
Published
2025-09-01T09:47:26Z
Modified
2026-07-18T11:04:49.073395225Z
Summary
Malicious code in console_auth (RubyGems)
Details

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Source: ghsa-malware (08291aa58e3238bc4c87bb15f3c6483301821668344e2cafa88ed2935ba3d446)

Source: ossf-package-analysis (8c545bd0ca0111537f9336af6eeeef4e580a90a7468ff22cf9b1b20dd3fcf51d)

The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'console_auth' @ 99.99.99 (rubygems) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

  • The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.

Credit: OpenSSF (source)

Source: ossf-package-analysis (8c545bd0ca0111537f9336af6eeeef4e580a90a7468ff22cf9b1b20dd3fcf51d)

The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'console_auth' @ 99.99.99 (rubygems) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

  • The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.
Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "sha256": "8c545bd0ca0111537f9336af6eeeef4e580a90a7468ff22cf9b1b20dd3fcf51d",
            "import_time": "2025-09-08T03:43:50.827378597Z",
            "modified_time": "2025-09-01T09:47:26Z",
            "source": "ossf-package-analysis",
            "versions": [
                "99.99.99"
            ]
        },
        {
            "import_time": "2026-07-18T10:46:30.433371793Z",
            "sha256": "08291aa58e3238bc4c87bb15f3c6483301821668344e2cafa88ed2935ba3d446",
            "modified_time": "2026-07-18T01:57:12Z",
            "versions": [
                "99.99.99"
            ],
            "id": "GHSA-gx8p-ffph-8949",
            "source": "ghsa-malware"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

RubyGems / console_auth

Package

Name
console_auth
Purl
pkg:gem/console_auth

Affected ranges

Affected versions

99.*
99.99.99

Database specific

cwes 
[
    {
        "cweId": "CWE-506",
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code",
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature."
    }
]
source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/rubygems/console_auth/MAL-2025-46899.json"