activemodel-email-address_validator (RubyGems) · Malicious Code
Affects activemodel-email-address_validatorSource GCVE Database
Malicious package : remove activemodel-email-address_validator and rotate any secrets on hosts that installed it.
Data as of 18 Jul 2026, 19:25 UTC
Malicious package
Published to RubyGems · OSV MAL-2024-6462
What to do
Remove activemodel-email-address_validator from every project, lockfile and image that pulls it in. Treat any host that installed it as compromised: rotate the credentials, tokens and keys it could read, from a clean machine.
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
RubyGemsactivemodel-email-address_validatorpkg:gem/activemodel-email-address_validatorOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in– |
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Description
--- _-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_ ## Source: ghsa-malware (e429f4056f24b8f998c36e9c2f8872ab5ad526b6d858a5fa5a424c78c79f1c04) --- Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/9fbb5fba02ba2f02395d3d2d43c31b2c482b7a9d/osv/malicious/rubygems/activemodel-email-address_validator/MAL-2024-6462.json))