{"items":[{"id":"NVI-00008513","kind":"supply_chain_event","title":"Malicious code in zzhelloworld_socktest (RubyGems)","revision":1,"unknowns":["Customer inventory, deployment, reachability and exploitation have not been inspected."],"lifecycle":"active","identifiers":["GHSA-86pf-258h-xmh8"],"plain_summary":"GitHub lists this malware advisory for zzhelloworld_socktest, zzhelloworld_socktest, zzhelloworld_socktest, zzhelloworld_socktest, zzhelloworld_socktest. Published version ranges and source prerequisites are shown below; this is not an inspection of a visitor’s application.","review_status":"source_listed","control_topics":[],"public_actions":[{"summary":"Identify the exact component and deployed version, examine the linked publisher’s conditions, and retain evidence of any mitigation.","source_ids":["sr-5427c1c0087398ba42b652820099945c"],"action_type":"investigate","limitations":"Confirm current vendor support, compatibility and deployment evidence. This report has not tested a fix in your system.","current_supported_target":null}],"schema_version":"1.1.0","source_metrics":[],"why_it_matters":"Published affected context helps an owner decide what evidence to gather. This report has not examined your application.","related_sources":[{"id":"sr-5427c1c0087398ba42b652820099945c","url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-86pf-258h-xmh8","basis":"vendor_advisory","notes":"GitHub Advisory Database; CC-BY-4.0. Each advisory links its original attribution. Null normalizes fields.","title":"GHSA-86pf-258h-xmh8","publisher":"GitHub Advisory Database","observed_at":"2026-10-31T21:57:08.488Z"}],"affected_context":[{"certainty":"source_listed","source_ids":["sr-5427c1c0087398ba42b652820099945c"],"technology":"zzhelloworld_socktest","known_exclusions":[],"conditions_summary":"## Source: amazon-inspector (4344ab16d08a7e38ea2f32b406453f86d792c0fa17103125ad84ffd0e39c187f)\nOn `require \"zzhelloworld_socktest\"`, the library's top-level module body opens a TCP connection to the hardcoded remote endpoint 66.78.40.218:32768, reopens STDIN, STDOUT, and STDERR onto that socket, and execs `/bin/sh -i`. Loading the gem gives the operator of that remote host an interactive shell on the installing machine, with no authentication and full process privileges. The gem's stated purpose is a trivial test library, which does not match a remote-shell capability. The destination is a bare IPv4 address unrelated to any declared publisher infrastructure.\n\n---\n\nCredit: OpenSSF (source)","public_affected_ranges":["= 0.1.9"]},{"certainty":"source_listed","source_ids":["sr-5427c1c0087398ba42b652820099945c"],"technology":"zzhelloworld_socktest","known_exclusions":[],"conditions_summary":"## Source: amazon-inspector (4344ab16d08a7e38ea2f32b406453f86d792c0fa17103125ad84ffd0e39c187f)\nOn `require \"zzhelloworld_socktest\"`, the library's top-level module body opens a TCP connection to the hardcoded remote endpoint 66.78.40.218:32768, reopens STDIN, STDOUT, and STDERR onto that socket, and execs `/bin/sh -i`. Loading the gem gives the operator of that remote host an interactive shell on the installing machine, with no authentication and full process privileges. The gem's stated purpose is a trivial test library, which does not match a remote-shell capability. The destination is a bare IPv4 address unrelated to any declared publisher infrastructure.\n\n---\n\nCredit: OpenSSF (source)","public_affected_ranges":["= 0.1.5"]},{"certainty":"source_listed","source_ids":["sr-5427c1c0087398ba42b652820099945c"],"technology":"zzhelloworld_socktest","known_exclusions":[],"conditions_summary":"## Source: amazon-inspector (4344ab16d08a7e38ea2f32b406453f86d792c0fa17103125ad84ffd0e39c187f)\nOn `require \"zzhelloworld_socktest\"`, the library's top-level module body opens a TCP connection to the hardcoded remote endpoint 66.78.40.218:32768, reopens STDIN, STDOUT, and STDERR onto that socket, and execs `/bin/sh -i`. Loading the gem gives the operator of that remote host an interactive shell on the installing machine, with no authentication and full process privileges. The gem's stated purpose is a trivial test library, which does not match a remote-shell capability. The destination is a bare IPv4 address unrelated to any declared publisher infrastructure.\n\n---\n\nCredit: OpenSSF (source)","public_affected_ranges":["= 0.1.6"]},{"certainty":"source_listed","source_ids":["sr-5427c1c0087398ba42b652820099945c"],"technology":"zzhelloworld_socktest","known_exclusions":[],"conditions_summary":"## Source: amazon-inspector (4344ab16d08a7e38ea2f32b406453f86d792c0fa17103125ad84ffd0e39c187f)\nOn `require \"zzhelloworld_socktest\"`, the library's top-level module body opens a TCP connection to the hardcoded remote endpoint 66.78.40.218:32768, reopens STDIN, STDOUT, and STDERR onto that socket, and execs `/bin/sh -i`. Loading the gem gives the operator of that remote host an interactive shell on the installing machine, with no authentication and full process privileges. The gem's stated purpose is a trivial test library, which does not match a remote-shell capability. The destination is a bare IPv4 address unrelated to any declared publisher infrastructure.\n\n---\n\nCredit: OpenSSF (source)","public_affected_ranges":["= 0.2.0"]},{"certainty":"source_listed","source_ids":["sr-5427c1c0087398ba42b652820099945c"],"technology":"zzhelloworld_socktest","known_exclusions":[],"conditions_summary":"## Source: amazon-inspector (4344ab16d08a7e38ea2f32b406453f86d792c0fa17103125ad84ffd0e39c187f)\nOn `require \"zzhelloworld_socktest\"`, the library's top-level module body opens a TCP connection to the hardcoded remote endpoint 66.78.40.218:32768, reopens STDIN, STDOUT, and STDERR onto that socket, and execs `/bin/sh -i`. Loading the gem gives the operator of that remote host an interactive shell on the installing machine, with no authentication and full process privileges. The gem's stated purpose is a trivial test library, which does not match a remote-shell capability. The destination is a bare IPv4 address unrelated to any declared publisher infrastructure.\n\n---\n\nCredit: OpenSSF (source)","public_affected_ranges":["= 0.1.7"]},{"certainty":"source_listed","source_ids":["sr-5427c1c0087398ba42b652820099945c"],"technology":"zzhelloworld_socktest","known_exclusions":[],"conditions_summary":"## Source: amazon-inspector (4344ab16d08a7e38ea2f32b406453f86d792c0fa17103125ad84ffd0e39c187f)\nOn `require \"zzhelloworld_socktest\"`, the library's top-level module body opens a TCP connection to the hardcoded remote endpoint 66.78.40.218:32768, reopens STDIN, STDOUT, and STDERR onto that socket, and execs `/bin/sh -i`. Loading the gem gives the operator of that remote host an interactive shell on the installing machine, with no authentication and full process privileges. The gem's stated purpose is a trivial test library, which does not match a remote-shell capability. The destination is a bare IPv4 address unrelated to any declared publisher infrastructure.\n\n---\n\nCredit: OpenSSF (source)","public_affected_ranges":["= 0.2.1"]},{"certainty":"source_listed","source_ids":["sr-5427c1c0087398ba42b652820099945c"],"technology":"zzhelloworld_socktest","known_exclusions":[],"conditions_summary":"## Source: amazon-inspector (4344ab16d08a7e38ea2f32b406453f86d792c0fa17103125ad84ffd0e39c187f)\nOn `require \"zzhelloworld_socktest\"`, the library's top-level module body opens a TCP connection to the hardcoded remote endpoint 66.78.40.218:32768, reopens STDIN, STDOUT, and STDERR onto that socket, and execs `/bin/sh -i`. Loading the gem gives the operator of that remote host an interactive shell on the installing machine, with no authentication and full process privileges. The gem's stated purpose is a trivial test library, which does not match a remote-shell capability. The destination is a bare IPv4 address unrelated to any declared publisher infrastructure.\n\n---\n\nCredit: OpenSSF (source)","public_affected_ranges":["= 0.1.8"]}],"null_published_at":"2026-10-31T22:13:27.098Z","source_updated_at":"2026-10-22T00:32:05.000Z","source_disclosed_at":"2026-10-22T00:32:03.000Z","is_synthetic_fixture":false,"null_last_reviewed_at":null,"public_change_summary":"First indexed by Null; source disclosure date is shown separately.","null_first_observed_at":"2026-10-31T21:57:08.488Z"}],"next_cursor":null,"snapshot_revision":"42594"}