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GCVE-110-OSM-2026-8742
GCVE-110-OSM-2026-8742
Advisory PublishedCVSS 8.8/10
Legitimate RubyGem originally published in 2017 whose dormant maintainer account was hijacked as part of the SleeperGem campaign. The attacker reactivated the long-inactive account and added the malicious git_credential_manager gem as a dependency, causing the malicious payload to propagate to all users of Dendreo upon update.
=== DORMANT ACCOUNT HIJACKING ===
Original gem published: 2017
Maintainer account inactive: ~6-7 years before compromise
Attacker reactivated account and published new version with malicious dependency
=== DEPENDENCY INJECTION ===
Malicious dependency added: git_credential_manager
Payload delivery: Indirect via dependency chain
All users updating Dendreo would pull git_credential_manager and execute its malicious payload
Weaknesses (CWE)
CWE-506Embedded Malicious Code
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.1
8.8/10
High · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Platforms |
|---|---|---|---|
| unknown | Dendreo | all (affected) | — |
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