MAL-2026-1320

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/chain-promised-await/MAL-2026-1320.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-1320
Aliases
  • GHSA-x7f9-fr3r-64w3
Published
2026-03-10T08:24:44Z
Modified
2026-04-24T05:33:45.204330Z
Summary
Malicious code in chain-promised-await (npm)
Details

Remote code execution via fetching code from a remote URL and Discord webhook usage indicates malicious intent. Single version adds to suspicion.

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Source: amazon-inspector (b5b882a33fdd394ef7a848100d8ee39ef4c7f0747942b4bea86e38af5780c978)

The package chain-promised-await was found to contain malicious code.

Source: ghsa-malware (4c27a66657401c034b4b834e46e04b5474e23e430a5a8b6de6163c62a854a982)

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": [
        {
            "import_time": "2026-03-23T05:14:28.568001272Z",
            "sha256": "b5b882a33fdd394ef7a848100d8ee39ef4c7f0747942b4bea86e38af5780c978",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "SEMVER",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "modified_time": "2026-03-23T05:11:41Z"
        },
        {
            "id": "GHSA-x7f9-fr3r-64w3",
            "sha256": "4c27a66657401c034b4b834e46e04b5474e23e430a5a8b6de6163c62a854a982",
            "import_time": "2026-04-24T05:17:29.873665465Z",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "SEMVER",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "source": "ghsa-malware",
            "modified_time": "2026-04-24T05:09:05Z"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / chain-promised-await

Package

Name
chain-promised-await
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Purl
pkg:npm/chain-promised-await

Affected ranges

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

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/chain-promised-await/MAL-2026-1320.json"
cwes 
[
    {
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code",
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "cweId": "CWE-506"
    }
]