MAL-2026-17189
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
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Source: amazon-inspector (5c65319b0e17f945fc57f482eb174e5d7fe70e63a380cb24f64eea1808bdad2f)
Package main index.js unconditionally requires./lib/config at module load. lib/config.js is a single-line ~4.4MB obfuscator.io-packed IIFE (hex-escaped string-array of 26,102 entries, rotated with wrapper decoders, control-flow flattening, ~133k transform changes) that self-invokes at top level. Any consumer that require('chai-as-relay') executes this opaque bundle in-process. The remainder of the tarball (README, LICENSE, index.d.ts, lib/proto, etc.) is copied verbatim from the legitimate pino logger project, and index.js additionally exports a no-op Express-style middleware — the package's advertised identity is a cover for the dropper. The package.json name (chai-as-relay) and author (hello@jsonspack.com) have no relationship to pino or its maintainers. A heavily obfuscated, multi-megabyte, self-executing blob wired into the require entry of a package that impersonates a top-tier logger has no legitimate purpose and gives whoever controls the payload arbitrary code execution on every installer that imports the package.
- CWE-506 - The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.
{
"affected": [
{
"database_specific": {
"cwes": [
{
"cweId": "CWE-506",
"description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
"name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
}
],
"indicators": {
"evidence_files": [
{
"path": "lib/config.js",
"sha256": "cc93ac7310b3a044badfc17f112a763bb24452ca88236892a470fdd362a9af36",
"tlsh": "8626a5c8494ae06389de26d37e0639d9e33b5d66d4eca5a7c66cbc9c6cbc447c0a1cd0"
},
{
"path": "package.json",
"sha256": "37af31772ae215ad9ab85f2f37a7c46cbec4bb7b0a10ae13b7b4f19b84778a84",
"tlsh": "2a017620deb88e2300ed25924c2a0643ba714c479529fd2933dba12c4fad9bb01bf21d"
}
],
"package_integrity": [
{
"filename": "chai-as-relay-1.2.1.tgz",
"hashes": {
"sha1": "b78835bcec5b368ed0695706aa6eb15ab0c80a1b",
"sha512_sri": "sha512-Gzsi2w4ZEctlgEoQLU5pWM9oD/wKesHwq0uy3SC8wKcvJoLHFcvzvhtAAdQwqueChEII6ZTkaqQYE3XKY2h51Q=="
}
}
]
}
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "npm",
"name": "chai-as-relay"
},
"versions": [
"1.2.1"
]
}
],
"credits": [
{
"contact": [
"inspector-research@amazon.com"
],
"name": "Amazon Inspector",
"type": "FINDER"
}
],
"database_specific": {
"malicious-packages-origins": [
{
"id": "IN-MAL-2026-020563",
"import_time": "2026-09-26T15:16:15.775157869Z",
"modified_time": "2026-09-26T15:14:59Z",
"sha256": "5c65319b0e17f945fc57f482eb174e5d7fe70e63a380cb24f64eea1808bdad2f",
"source": "amazon-inspector",
"versions": [
"1.2.1"
]
}
]
},
"details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: amazon-inspector (5c65319b0e17f945fc57f482eb174e5d7fe70e63a380cb24f64eea1808bdad2f)\nPackage main index.js unconditionally requires./lib/config at module load. lib/config.js is a single-line ~4.4MB obfuscator.io-packed IIFE (hex-escaped string-array of 26,102 entries, rotated with wrapper decoders, control-flow flattening, ~133k transform changes) that self-invokes at top level. Any consumer that `require(\u0027chai-as-relay\u0027)` executes this opaque bundle in-process. The remainder of the tarball (README, LICENSE, index.d.ts, lib/proto, etc.) is copied verbatim from the legitimate `pino` logger project, and index.js additionally exports a no-op Express-style middleware \u2014 the package\u0027s advertised identity is a cover for the dropper. The package.json name (`chai-as-relay`) and author (hello@jsonspack.com) have no relationship to pino or its maintainers. A heavily obfuscated, multi-megabyte, self-executing blob wired into the require entry of a package that impersonates a top-tier logger has no legitimate purpose and gives whoever controls the payload arbitrary code execution on every installer that imports the package.\n",
"id": "MAL-2026-17189",
"modified": "2026-09-26T15:14:59Z",
"published": "2026-09-26T15:14:59Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://www.npmjs.com/package/chai-as-relay/v/1.2.1"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.4",
"summary": "Malicious code in chai-as-relay (npm)"
}
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