MAL-2026-10049

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    MAL-2026-10049

    Published: 9 Jul 2026Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026Aliases: 
    GHSA-5368-rr57-2vg7

    Summary: Malicious code in chai-await-dom (npm)

    Details: Source: amazon-inspector (e78d8b4da2e781df4437569123ba3913c3f0135bbef66addaa5766a109fdd98b) The package impersonates a pino-style logger API but its exported middleware spawns a detached Node child process that runs lib/caller.js. caller.js retrieves a JavaScript payload from https://jsonkeeper.com/b/BPB86 (an anonymous paste-style host) and executes it in-process via `new Function.constructor('require', s)(require)`, granting the remote host arbitrary code execution with the installer's Node privileges. lib/const.js stores a base64-encoded sibling URL (https://jsonkeeper.com/b/ZK45J decoded from `aHR0cHM6Ly9qc29ua2VlcGVyLmNvbS9iL1pLNDVK`), deliberately obfuscating the C2 destination. The package name (chai-await-dom) does not match its actual behavior or its impersonated logger API surface, consistent with a namespace-abuse lure carrying a remote-code-execution payload.

    References: https://www.npmjs.com/package/chai-await-dom/v/1.3.7, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5368-rr57-2vg7

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: chai-await-dom

    Purl: pkg:npm/chai-await-dom

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.3.7
    MAL-2026-10049 | CVE-DB