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Malicious code in dopc-client (RubyGems)

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Affected packages

  • RubyGems dopc-client

    Affected
    >= 1.0.0, <= 1.0.0>= 10.0.0, <= 10.0.0
    Fixed in
    no fixed version recorded

Sources

Severity and exploitation
Exploitation
No confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next marks exploitation only from CISA KEV.
CVSS
not scored
EPSS
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Source description

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Source: amazon-inspector (0ecbe68fef68472dcc1e9778859b71dcba31c06e8db799d75bb95c013f6ab1da) On `require 'dopc-client'`, lib/dopc-client.rb issues a plaintext HTTP GET to the hardcoded bare IP 38.242.235.206 at path /depconf/dopc-client/require with query parameters carrying the installer's OS username (ENV['USER']), hostname (Socket.gethostname), and current working directory (Dir.pwd). The call fires as a top-level side effect of loading the gem, errors are swallowed, and the destination is a plaintext bare IP unrelated to any declared publisher infrastructure. Inline comments and the gemspec description frame the call as a 'benign beacon' / 'defensive placeholder'; the author-controlled self-label does not change the observed behavior — installer-identifying fields are shipped to a third-party endpoint the caller did not configure or opt into.

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  1. Revision 1 · created ·

    Published from osv record MAL-2026-18518

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# Patch Next advisory brief: mal-2026-18518

Advisory: Malicious code in dopc-client (RubyGems)
IDs: mal-2026-18518
Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/mal-2026-18518 (revision 1, source checked 4 Nov 2026, 06:30 UTC)
Inventory: none attached. This brief comes from a public page and does not say whether any deployment is affected.
Severity: Unrated
Exploitation: no confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next confirms exploitation only from CISA KEV.
Vendor response: Vendor response not established. A vendor fix does not mean a deployment is fixed.

## Affected components
- RubyGems dopc-client: affected >= 1.0.0, <= 1.0.0; >= 10.0.0, <= 10.0.0

## Suggested inspection (read-only)
- RubyGems dopc-client: check the installed version with your package manager.

## Supported action
No complete vendor fix is recorded. Follow the primary source's mitigation guidance and check this record again before closing anything.

## Required regression checks
- Run the test suite and a production build.
- Exercise the features that depend on dopc-client.
- Repeat the inspection and confirm that only fixed versions remain installed.

## Rollback considerations
- Keep the previous lockfile and deployment artifact. Rolling back reinstates the vulnerable version, so apply any documented mitigation while you fix forward.

## Unresolved questions
- Which deployments run an affected version?
- Exploitation status can change. Check again before lowering the priority.
- Mark the work resolved only after the fixed version is verified in production.

## Sources
- Verified: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-18518 (OSV record MAL-2026-18518 lists affected ranges: RubyGems dopc-client >=1.0.0 =10.0.0 <=10.0.0)

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