Everyday Usage: Homebrew cleanup process generates notification that says '“ruby” would like to administer your computer.'

[stefanlasiewski]

Output of brew config

$ brew config
HOMEBREW_VERSION: 4.2.10
ORIGIN: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew
HEAD: c6d959218f143cd17b1fc3e0f10f143cbd273528
Last commit: 2 days ago
Core tap JSON: 27 Feb 18:19 UTC
Core cask tap JSON: 27 Feb 18:19 UTC
HOMEBREW_PREFIX: /usr/local
HOMEBREW_CASK_OPTS: []
HOMEBREW_EDITOR: vim
HOMEBREW_MAKE_JOBS: 8
Homebrew Ruby: 3.1.4 => /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/portable-ruby/3.1.4/bin/ruby
CPU: octa-core 64-bit kabylake
Clang: 15.0.0 build 1500
Git: 2.44.0 => /usr/local/bin/git
Curl: 8.4.0 => /usr/bin/curl
macOS: 14.2.1-x86_64
CLT: 15.1.0.0.1.1700200546
Xcode: 15.2

Also, brew autoupdate is enabled:

$ brew autoupdate status
Autoupdate is installed and running.

Autoupdate was initialised on 02/01/24.
$

Output of brew doctor

$ brew doctor
Please note that these warnings are just used to help the Homebrew maintainers
with debugging if you file an issue. If everything you use Homebrew for is
working fine: please don't worry or file an issue; just ignore this. Thanks!

Warning: Some installed formulae are deprecated or disabled.
You should find replacements for the following formulae:
  openssl@1.1

Warning: Putting non-prefixed coreutils in your path can cause GMP builds to fail.

Warning: You have unlinked kegs in your Cellar.
Leaving kegs unlinked can lead to build-trouble and cause formulae that depend on
those kegs to fail to run properly once built. Run `brew link` on these:
  gnupg
  wireshark

Description of issue

Homebrew is generating a popup notification on my desktop every day. I want to stop it, but I want to stop it the correct way. A Google search doesn't show anyone else with this error message, which suggests that this is not a common error message. My questions are:

• Do others get this notification?
• Why does the message say ruby, but doesn't mention Homebrew? Mentioning Homebrew would feel better from a security perspective.

I recently upgraded from macOS Ventura to Sonoma. Since then, a popup window occasionally appears in my desktop which says the following:

“ruby” would like to administer your computer. Administration can include modifying passwords, networking, and system settings."

The wording is vague and doesn't mention Homebrew at all. But if I happen to look at it from a shell, I can tell it's actually Homebrew:

stefanl@macos:~ $ ps aux |grep ruby
stefanl          51375   0.0  1.8 34435488 306460   ??  S    10:22AM   0:19.71 /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/portable-ruby/current/bin/ruby -W1 --disable=gems,rubyopt /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb cleanup
stefanl@macos:~ $

I can probably suppress this error message by going to System Settings > Privacy & Security > Full Disk Access > ruby > Enable. However, since this isn't a common problem/solution, I feel like I ran into a strange bug and I'd like to know more.