MAL-2026-2902

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Import Source

https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/lockedin-chai-chain/MAL-2026-2902.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-2902

Published

2026-04-15T22:05:03Z

Modified

2026-07-09T09:32:50.851382660Z

Summary

Malicious code in lockedin-chai-chain (npm)

Details

lockedin-chai-chain 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 (5f043508b642cb099f524948847b7a4835d3646132e8728ce3ee38864f14b733)

The package lockedin-chai-chain was found to contain malicious code.

Database specific

{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type": "SEMVER"
                }
            ],
            "import_time": "2026-04-23T20:49:07.750024719Z",
            "sha256": "5f043508b642cb099f524948847b7a4835d3646132e8728ce3ee38864f14b733",
            "modified_time": "2026-04-23T20:43:56Z",
            "source": "amazon-inspector"
        },
        {
            "import_time": "2026-07-09T09:16:37.361256607Z",
            "id": "RLMA-2026-05143",
            "sha256": "5073734fe3cb88eae1ae04a17854f30c8d6768e79ae90d8f12722e0531825942",
            "modified_time": "2026-07-07T12:57:50Z",
            "source": "reversing-labs",
            "versions": [
                "1.2.6"
            ]
        }
    ],
    "iocs": {
        "urls": [
            "https://jsonkeeper.com/b/FAWPU"
        ]
    }
}

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 / lockedin-chai-chain

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type: SEMVER
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.2.6

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/lockedin-chai-chain/MAL-2026-2902.json"