MAL-2026-2885

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Import Source

https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/chai-as-adapter/MAL-2026-2885.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-2885

Published

2026-04-15T22:05:03Z

Modified

2026-07-09T09:32:30.996787237Z

Summary

Malicious code in chai-as-adapter (npm)

Details

chai-as-adapter is a malicious npm package that when imported downloads a C2 dropper from https://jsonkeeper[.]com/b/FAWPU and executes it (similar to malware in to chai-await-test).

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Source: amazon-inspector (e4ad687e2827eba4cf0c61d04ad9122d72ddc6e49ffdeabebf34f4ed10787bd4)

The package chai-as-adapter was found to contain malicious code.

Database specific

{
    "iocs": {
        "urls": [
            "https://jsonkeeper.com/b/FAWPU"
        ]
    },
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "sha256": "e4ad687e2827eba4cf0c61d04ad9122d72ddc6e49ffdeabebf34f4ed10787bd4",
            "import_time": "2026-04-23T20:49:03.330872634Z",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "SEMVER",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "modified_time": "2026-04-23T20:43:56Z"
        },
        {
            "source": "reversing-labs",
            "sha256": "dce4486ce0b450cb55858aa483f2f518a72cd5a7f7c8008a363e4bc4f0fd2ea7",
            "modified_time": "2026-07-07T12:42:53Z",
            "import_time": "2026-07-09T09:16:20.311339641Z",
            "id": "RLMA-2026-04976",
            "versions": [
                "1.5.2"
            ]
        }
    ]
}

References

https://www.indece.com/en-US/blog/7df041ba-feb1-4d87-918b-7fc2c709d805

Credits

- Amazon Inspector - FINDER
- - actran@amazon.com
- ReversingLabs - FINDER
- - https://www.reversinglabs.com
- indece - FINDER
- - https://indece.com

Affected packages

npm / chai-as-adapter

Package

Name: chai-as-adapter; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:npm/chai-as-adapter

Affected ranges

Type: SEMVER
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.5.2

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/chai-as-adapter/MAL-2026-2885.json"