MAL-2026-2890

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Import Source

https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/chai-as-ide/MAL-2026-2890.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-2890

Aliases

GHSA-53p3-r84h-8pj3

Published

2026-04-16T20:36:13Z

Modified

2026-04-29T13:04:09.733794Z

Summary

Malicious code in chai-as-ide (npm)

Details

chai-as-ide is a malicious npm package that when imported downloads a C2 dropper from https://api.npoint[.]io/244f4de235f04fbcd51a and executes it (similar to malware in to chai-await-test).

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Source: amazon-inspector (815287ccf2b5ff01fac06ba88b3117901784cb4bb0ac70f279da321b4b09cbbf)

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

Source: ghsa-malware (4c4401b9d8074ee79fe70fef0851091943b7e371d6e565caaabc952fe4d7fe89)

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

{
    "iocs": {
        "urls": [
            "https://api.npoint.io/244f4de235f04fbcd51a"
        ]
    },
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "sha256": "815287ccf2b5ff01fac06ba88b3117901784cb4bb0ac70f279da321b4b09cbbf",
            "import_time": "2026-04-23T20:49:03.788430919Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-04-23T20:43:56Z",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "SEMVER",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "source": "amazon-inspector"
        },
        {
            "sha256": "4c4401b9d8074ee79fe70fef0851091943b7e371d6e565caaabc952fe4d7fe89",
            "import_time": "2026-04-29T12:51:44.415499755Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-04-29T12:22:51Z",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "SEMVER",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "id": "GHSA-53p3-r84h-8pj3",
            "source": "ghsa-malware"
        }
    ]
}

References

Credits

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

Affected packages

npm / chai-as-ide

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type: SEMVER
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Database specific

cwes

[
    {
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "cweId": "CWE-506",
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
    }
]

source

"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/chai-as-ide/MAL-2026-2890.json"