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Malicious code in chai-as-align (npm)

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Critical
Published: 07/09/2026 (07/09/2026, 15:33:32 UTC)
Source: GCVE Database
Product: chai-as-align

Description

--- _-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_ ## Source: amazon-inspector (791f5dcd4f623d5301bc3abf922c5f0e4ff716017fe67d3673c778e9d31b0776) The package presents itself as a testing/logging helper but its exported middleware factory spawns a detached background Node child that runs lib/initializeCaller.js. That script base64-decodes a hidden URL (https://amethyst-lorrin-26.tiiny.site/index.json) from a fake process.env stub, fetches its 'cookie' field over HTTPS with an 'x-secret-key' header, and executes the returned body via `new Function.constructor('require', response)` bound to the real `require`, in a retry loop. This yields full remote code execution on the installer's machine whenever the exported middleware is invoked. The destination is an anonymous file-hosting service (tiiny.site) whose contents are attacker-mutable. The package name closely resembles the popular chai-as-promised library, and its declared description/keywords do not match the shipped code, indicating typosquat delivery of the dropper. The detached+unref'd child with stdio ignored is used to hide the payload's activity from the consuming application.

Affected software

npmghsa
chai-as-align
Affected versions
=7.1.0

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Technical Details

Gcve Source
db.gcve.eu
Osv Id
MAL-2026-10039
Osv Schema Version
1.7.4
Ecosystems
["npm"]

Threat ID: 6a50bab068715ace43585929

Added to database: 07/10/2026, 09:26:08 UTC

Last enriched: 07/10/2026, 10:18:52 UTC

Last updated: 09/12/2026, 12:37:55 UTC

Views: 85

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