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zwkopt16 (RubyGems) · Malicious Code

Affects zwkopt16Source GCVE Database

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Malicious package : remove zwkopt16 and rotate any secrets on hosts that installed it.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 16:06 UTC

Classification

Malicious package

Published to RubyGems · OSV MAL-2026-9879

What to do

Remove zwkopt16 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

ProductAffectedFixed in
RubyGemszwkopt16pkg:gem/zwkopt16Other threatsAffected
  • =0.0.3507
Fixed in–

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Description

--- _-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_ ## Source: ghsa-malware (dd27d4c017a8f62c74794de9e7bbae30c867b466101529e961cc7f679b146dbc) --- Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/9fbb5fba02ba2f02395d3d2d43c31b2c482b7a9d/osv/malicious/rubygems/zwkopt16/MAL-2026-9879.json))

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