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Malicious package

PayPalMerchant.SDKNuGet

Malicious code in PayPalMerchant.SDK (NuGet) Remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

MAL-2024-4611
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
remove PayPalMerchant.SDK

Malicious versions

39 flagged
2.16.2503.40.03.40.13.40.23.40.33.40.43.40.53.40.63.40.73.40.83.40.93.40.103.40.113.40.123.40.133.40.143.40.153.40.163.40.173.40.183.40.193.40.203.40.213.40.223.40.233.40.243.40.253.40.263.40.273.40.283.40.293.40.3045.40.645.40.745.40.845.40.945.41.045.51.045.51.1

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

4f046e828f500880607b1c373daadc3e5248a1da9426afbcf38b00121ac8a46c
f2b708691b7e2a2bc5eaac305dc06ed3400a09dffa4423758a6757334571ec7e

Detection & response playbook

Malicious package
  1. Find it

    Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for PayPalMerchant.SDK (39 malicious versions). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging PayPalMerchant.SDK across your stack and pipelines.

  2. If you installed it — respond

    Remove PayPalMerchant.SDK from your project and lockfile, then assume any secrets accessible to the build or runtime were exposed: rotate API keys, tokens, and credentials, and audit for unexpected outbound activity or persistence.

  3. Did it already run?

    If PayPalMerchant.SDK was ever installed, its post-install/runtime payload may have already executed. O3's L7 egress monitoring and runtime eBPF sensors detect the credential exfiltration or command-and-control callback after install and block the malicious outbound channel, so you catch and contain the actual compromise — not just the presence of the package.

  4. How O3 protects you

    O3 blocks PayPalMerchant.SDK before install through its supply-chain scanner, and if it has already run, detects and severs the exfiltration or C2 callback at runtime through L7 egress monitoring and eBPF.

Frequently asked questions

No. PayPalMerchant.SDK on NuGet has been identified as a malicious package (versions 2.16.250, 3.40.0, 3.40.1, 3.40.2, 3.40.3, 3.40.4, 3.40.5, 3.40.6, and 31 more flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

RLMA-2024-03400RLUA-2024-07713

References

Credits

  • ReversingLabs · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks PayPalMerchant.SDK-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the malicious outbound activity and severs the channel.

PayPalMerchant.SDK (NuGet) malicious package — MAL-2024-4611 | O3 Security