MAL-2026-10048

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/chai-as-thread/MAL-2026-10048.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-10048
Aliases
  • GHSA-pjgc-4vf2-4cj7
Published
2026-07-09T15:32:23Z
Modified
2026-07-16T16:04:36Z
Summary
Malicious code in chai-as-thread (npm)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (d69f1826d6866410cdfe11e20cff630d3f0118d48c0cc9f697297aa64d29b341)

On require, the package spawns a detached node child that runs lib/initializeCaller.js. That script decodes a base64-obscured URL (https://tomato-brunhilda-40.tiiny.site/index.json) and base64-obscured header credentials, fetches JSON from the endpoint via axios, and executes the returned cookie field with full require access using new Function.constructor("require", response)(require). The remote host is an anonymous tiiny.site subdomain that can serve arbitrary code at any time. The package name mimics chai-as-promised and the README impersonates the pino logger project, indicating a typosquat lure delivering a remote-code-execution dropper.

Source: ghsa-malware (421c3119f95fe92f7b52a16cdce612d3412fe229fcfdca04a145d0ab02079478)

Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer. The package should be removed, but as full control of the computer may have been given to an outside entity, there is no guarantee that removing the package will remove all malicious software resulting from installing it.

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-009128",
            "import_time": "2026-07-09T16:20:43.428258373Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-07-09T15:32:23Z",
            "sha256": "d69f1826d6866410cdfe11e20cff630d3f0118d48c0cc9f697297aa64d29b341",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "versions": [
                "7.0.8"
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "GHSA-pjgc-4vf2-4cj7",
            "import_time": "2026-07-16T15:47:03.346373017Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-07-16T15:21:24Z",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type": "SEMVER"
                }
            ],
            "sha256": "421c3119f95fe92f7b52a16cdce612d3412fe229fcfdca04a145d0ab02079478",
            "source": "ghsa-malware"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / chai-as-thread

Package

Name
chai-as-thread
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Purl
pkg:npm/chai-as-thread

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

7.*
7.0.8

Database specific

cwes 
[
    {
        "cweId": "CWE-506",
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
    },
    {
        "cweId": "CWE-506",
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
    }
]
indicators 
{
    "evidence_files": [
        {
            "path": "lib/initializeCaller.js",
            "sha256": "23436f977c9bbe6d302f0f94e191b3dfd938e5a0417ec098d38b60b0ed0cb14f",
            "tlsh": "9511c08e61fc200c046512e6b62f18126021e8673d86d5e47acc835b1f9567f7d936df"
        },
        {
            "path": "package.json",
            "sha256": "16af2fc511eb38e81523fa6c576bed03d46148ea46a779e32863c892276b0d5d",
            "tlsh": "bf019c60ce788e6300ed25824c2a064376629c135928fc1932d7512c0f9d5bf01bf21d"
        }
    ],
    "package_integrity": [
        {
            "filename": "chai-as-thread-7.0.8.tgz",
            "hashes": {
                "sha1": "2470c0da0bbf88ee7b2e7ba5322f24983b05f118",
                "sha512_sri": "sha512-6Rr8bVjZOkWGmlVtTM4Cu+719Bt9mGWEFWA4dGz8GRtOMxyDG1WnXDaEiwPsR/DIyjVHbd24LB46Q1fIEsijtQ=="
            }
        }
    ]
}
source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/chai-as-thread/MAL-2026-10048.json"