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Malicious package

TheOpenAI.APINuGet

Malicious code in TheOpenAI.API (NuGet) Remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

MAL-2024-4688
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
remove TheOpenAI.API

Malicious versions

12 flagged
0.0.10.0.20.0.30.0.40.0.51.0.01.0.11.0.21.0.31.1.31.1.41.1.5

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

198598442ee965f502dcc3d90d8687b0c7597fcd71eec12b8bbc64e665a9e12f
6c42540302380ee8e8b08f4d5460de05c71a71ae2174eb00d86596c456d423ec

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 TheOpenAI.API (12 malicious versions). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging TheOpenAI.API across your stack and pipelines.

  2. If you installed it — respond

    Remove TheOpenAI.API 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 TheOpenAI.API 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 TheOpenAI.API 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. TheOpenAI.API on NuGet has been identified as a malicious package (versions 0.0.1, 0.0.2, 0.0.3, 0.0.4, 0.0.5, 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, and 4 more flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

RLMA-2024-03471RLUA-2024-07752

References

Credits

  • ReversingLabs · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks TheOpenAI.API-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.

TheOpenAI.API (NuGet) malicious package — MAL-2024-4688 | O3 Security