melio-platform-api-clientRubyGems
Advisory published Updated
melio-platform-api-client is a confirmed malicious RubyGems package (MAL-2024-7834) that executes malicious code on install (malicious versions 3.0.1, 3.1.1, 3.1.2…). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in melio-platform-api-client (RubyGems)
What this malware does
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'melio-platform-api-client' @ 5.0.0 (rubygems) as malicious.
It is considered malicious because:
- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Malicious packageFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for melio-platform-api-client (9 malicious versions).
If you installed it — respond
Remove melio-platform-api-client 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.
Did it already run?
If melio-platform-api-client was installed, its post-install payload may already have run. Removing the package does not undo that — check outbound connections and credential use from the install window onward.
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Credits
- OpenSSF: Package Analysis · finder
- ReversingLabs · finder
Detect & block this
O3 blocks melio-platform-api-client-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.