How OpenAI got hacked with an image https://tube.ekaii.fr/videos/watch/90bd9611-e9f2-4292-84fd-ef47503b2cfb Two guys hacked OpenAI with a malicious HEIF image. They turned a one year old libheif heap overflow into a remote code execution on OpenAI's Discourse forum, took over an employee's ChatGPT account, and left a message in the internal monorepo. This story shows how AI changes the economics of exploit development and why security through complexity doesn't work anymore. LEARN ON HEXTREE (ad) Learn hacking on Hextree: https://www.hextree.io/ Learn more about AI on Hextree: https://app.hextree.io/map/artificial-intelligence Join the Hextree Discord: https://discord.gg/xgQpCQCpvy IMPORTANT FOR SELF-HOSTED DISCOURSE Rebuild your Discourse installation to pull the current image-processing dependencies. Updating only through the web interface may not replace an older Libheif package. RESOURCES Hacktron research: https://www.hacktron.ai/blog Harsh on X: https://x.com/rootxharsh Mohan on X: https://x.com/S1r1u5_ CHAPTERS 00:00 - Introduction 01:37 - Chapter 1: Vulnerability Research 05:39 - Chapter 2: The Vulnerability in Libheif 08:49 - Chapter 3: Hacking into OpenAI 11:32 - Chapter 4: Disclosure 13:17 - Chapter 5: Hack the Planet 17:19 - Outro SUPPORT Per video: https://www.patreon.com/join/liveoverflow Per month: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClcE-kVhqyiHCcjYwcpfj9w/join Buy my handwriting font (ad): https://shop.liveoverflow.com/ WATCH, FOLLOW & READ Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/LiveUnderflow Twitch: https://twitch.tv/LiveOverflow/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LiveOverflow/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/LiveOverflow/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@liveoverflow_ LiveOverflow blog: https://liveoverflow.com/ Hextree blog (ad): https://www.hextree.io/blog #OpenAI #ChatGPT #LiveOverflow (ad) LiveOverflow YouTube channel is supported by advertisement and product placement. Fri, 02 Oct 2026 23:36:28 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://tube.ekaii.fr How OpenAI got hacked with an image https://tube.ekaii.fr/client/assets/images/icons/icon-1500x1500.png https://tube.ekaii.fr/videos/watch/90bd9611-e9f2-4292-84fd-ef47503b2cfb All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://tube.ekaii.fr/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.