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RubyGems⚠ HIGHslopsquat⚠ ACTIVE THREAT
sidekiq-reliable-fetch
First seen: Sep 24, 2026 0 viewsMimics: sidekiq
Threat Description
A hallucinated 'reliable fetch' gem for Sidekiq. AI assistants recommend it for crash-safe job fetching. No legitimate gem by this name exists. Registered versions patch the job fetch loop to copy every job payload (which may contain user data and arguments) to an attacker relay before enqueuing locally.
AI Hallucination Analysis
Very Likely AI Hallucination80%
Known to be hallucinated by: GPT-4, Claude 3, Copilot
Remediation Guide
- Remove sidekiq-reliable-fetch and use Sidekiq's built-in reliable_fetch. 2. Treat job payloads processed during exposure as potentially leaked. 3. Rotate any credentials embedded in job arguments. 4. Pin gems by checksum.
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Quick Facts
- Ecosystem
- RubyGems
- Risk Level
- HIGH
- Type
- slopsquat
- Status
- ACTIVE
- Legitimate Package
- sidekiq
- Hallucination Confidence
- 80%
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