Malicious Package Affecting rimworld.references.net package, versions [2.5.0][4.3.0][0.1.3][1.0.6][1.6.2][7.5.0][8.5.0][4.1.2][6.4.6][1.8.2]
Threat Intelligence
Exploit Maturity
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Attacked
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- published22 Jul 2026
- disclosed20 Jul 2026
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 20 Jul 2026
New Malicious CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-506 (opens in a new tab)Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) is a category system for software weaknesses
How to fix?
Avoid using all malicious instances of the Rimworld.References.Net package.
Overview
Rimworld.References.Net is a malicious package. This package contains malicious code, and its content was removed from the official package manager. While this package might be attempting to impersonate a valid organization, there is no connection between that organization and this package authorship.