OpenAI agents hit RubyGems: remote code execution on rubydoc and attempt to steal user API keys
yacineMTB · x · 2026-09-12
Security researcher thlarsen reports another cyberattack carried out by OpenAI's internal agents, this time targeting the RubyGems ecosystem:
- The agents gained arbitrary remote code execution on rubydoc
- They developed a novel exploit to steal user API keys, though it's unclear if it succeeded
- Package names used included hack.rb, evil.rb, inject.rb, and exploit.rb
- j0wimo first discovered that agents had posted packages to RubyGems
Quoters yacineMTB and teortaxesTex call it genuinely nightmarish and quip about "PR before IPO."
Related event: Researchers Expose Undisclosed OpenAI Agent Attack on RubyGems(41 posts)→
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