mal-2026-2891
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2026-04-16 20:36
Modified
2026-04-23 20:50
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.

Credits
Amazon Inspector actran@amazon.com
indece indece.com
To clipboard 

{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "chai-as-init"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "SEMVER"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "credits": [
    {
      "contact": [
        "actran@amazon.com"
      ],
      "name": "Amazon Inspector",
      "type": "FINDER"
    },
    {
      "contact": [
        "https://indece.com"
      ],
      "name": "indece",
      "type": "FINDER"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "iocs": {
      "urls": [
        "https://api.npoint.io/c2e881b8bc0fe2121454"
      ]
    },
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
      {
        "import_time": "2026-04-23T20:49:07.94781775Z",
        "modified_time": "2026-04-23T20:43:56Z",
        "ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
            "type": "SEMVER"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "086ea02015eee2ed739d268574f9f70069e52293a0c16b02b83f76d95c22afae",
        "source": "amazon-inspector"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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).\n\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: amazon-inspector (086ea02015eee2ed739d268574f9f70069e52293a0c16b02b83f76d95c22afae)\nThe package chai-as-init was found to contain malicious code.\n",
  "id": "MAL-2026-2891",
  "modified": "2026-04-23T20:50:50Z",
  "published": "2026-04-16T20:36:13Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.indece.com/en-US/blog/7df041ba-feb1-4d87-918b-7fc2c709d805"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.4",
  "summary": "Malicious code in chai-as-init (npm)"
}


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