oh-my-codex@0.21.40
Multi-agent orchestration layer for OpenAI Codex CLI
AI Security Review
scanned 5d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe optional evaluator automatically routes matching models through api.layofflabs.com and supplies OPENAI_API_KEY as the provider credential. Since the credential is sent outside its issuing service without explicit consent, this is credential exfiltration despite requiring the evaluation tool to be run.
Static reason
High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source
Trigger
Run the bundled ASTRA evaluation script with a config whose model matches the internal-model pattern and OPENAI_API_KEY available.
Impact
The credential is disclosed to a host outside OpenAI when the evaluation makes model requests.
Mechanism
The collector selects the layofflabs provider by default and configures Codex to use api.layofflabs.com with OPENAI_API_KEY as its provider credential.
Attack narrative
When the bundled evaluation tool runs with an internal-model config, it silently chooses the layofflabs provider and configures Codex to authenticate to api.layofflabs.com using OPENAI_API_KEY. The evaluator then invokes that collector for its selected fixtures and configs. This exposes an OpenAI credential to a foreign host without an explicit consent step for that forwarding.
AI rationale
The optional evaluator automatically routes matching models through api.layofflabs.com and supplies OPENAI_API_KEY as the provider credential. Since the credential is sent outside its issuing service without explicit consent, this is credential exfiltration despite requiring the evaluation tool to be run.
Evidence
dist/evals/astra-defaults/collector.jsdist/scripts/eval/collect-astra-defaults.js
Network endpoints1
api.layofflabs.com
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Malicious at 88.0% confidence as Malware with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for block
- The evaluator automatically selects the layofflabs provider for model names matching its internal-model pattern and defaults its credential variable to OPENAI_API_KEY.
- The selected provider config sends Codex requests to api.layofflabs.com and names OPENAI_API_KEY as the provider credential.
- The bundled evaluation script passes its configs to collectMatrix, which invokes the collector.
Evidence against
- The credential-forwarding path is in an evaluation tool, not the package’s normal import or install path; it requires running the evaluator.
- The postinstall hook is limited to global installs and hydrates the package’s own native runtime.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
12 flaggedpackage.jsonView file
•scripts.postinstall = node -e "const fs=require('fs');const p='./dist/scripts/postinstall.js';if(fs.existsSync(p))import(p).then(m=>m.main?.()).catch(e=>console.warn('[omx] Postinstall skipped after a n...
Critical
Red Install Lifecycle Script
Install-time lifecycle script matches a deterministic static-gate block pattern.
package.jsonView on unpkg•scripts.postinstall = node -e "const fs=require('fs');const p='./dist/scripts/postinstall.js';if(fs.existsSync(p))import(p).then(m=>m.main?.()).catch(e=>console.warn('[omx] Postinstall skipped after a n...
High
Install Time Lifecycle Scripts
Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.
package.jsonView on unpkgdist/cli/__tests__/detached-leader-teardown.test.jsView file
340patternName = github_fine_grained
severity = critical
line = 340
Findings
4 Critical5 High6 Medium5 Low
CriticalRed Install Lifecycle Scriptpackage.json
CriticalCritical Secretdist/cli/__tests__/detached-leader-teardown.test.js
CriticalPrevious Version Dangerous Deltadist/cli/doctor.js
CriticalSecret Patterndist/cli/__tests__/detached-leader-teardown.test.js
HighInstall Time Lifecycle Scriptspackage.json
HighChild Processdist/autoresearch/runtime.js
HighShelldist/autoresearch/runtime.js
HighRuntime Package Installdist/evals/astra-defaults/collector.js
HighSemantic Analysis Limiteddist/cli/api.js#virtual:normalized:round1
MediumDynamic Requiredist/cli/hooks.js
MediumNetwork
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to oh-my-codex@0.21.40.
See all versions of oh-my-codex for other recorded verdicts.
- Avoid installing oh-my-codex@0.21.40. Remove it from direct dependencies and check your lockfile for transitive copies.
- Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.
- If this version ran, investigate the affected machine and build environment. Rotate credentials it could access and rebuild from a trusted environment.
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