MAL-2026-2891

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/chai-as-init/MAL-2026-2891.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-2891
Published
2026-04-16T20:36:13Z
Modified
2026-04-23T21:14:00.844998Z
Summary
Malicious code in chai-as-init (npm)
Details

chai-as-init is a malicious npm package that when imported downloads a C2 dropper from https://api.npoint[.]io/c2e881b8bc0fe2121454 and executes it (similar to malware in to chai-await-test).

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Source: amazon-inspector (086ea02015eee2ed739d268574f9f70069e52293a0c16b02b83f76d95c22afae)

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

Database specific 
{
    "iocs": {
        "urls": [
            "https://api.npoint.io/c2e881b8bc0fe2121454"
        ]
    },
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "import_time": "2026-04-23T20:49:07.94781775Z",
            "sha256": "086ea02015eee2ed739d268574f9f70069e52293a0c16b02b83f76d95c22afae",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "SEMVER",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "modified_time": "2026-04-23T20:43:56Z"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / chai-as-init

Package

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

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/chai-as-init/MAL-2026-2891.json"