MAL-2026-10433
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MAL-2026-10433
Summary: Malicious code in chain-guardian (npm)
Details: Source: amazon-inspector (1c281292766d55cda3ff1b006154150aa05d567a4f8115534788ffbbc014f3e7) chain-guardian presents itself as a mocha gas reporter (typosquatting eth-gas-reporter) but its main entry index.js contains an always-true gate (`var opt = 1; if (!opt) {... } else {... }`) that forces construction of the reporter to invoke utils.connectNet. connectNet resolves lib/syncResolve.js and spawns it via `spawn('node', [u_src], { detached: true, stdio: ['ignore'] })` followed by `progs.unref()`, so the child continues running after mocha exits with its output suppressed. lib/syncResolve.js fetches http://check-server-state.vercel.app/server/v2 over plaintext HTTP and, on a 404 response whose body carries a `token` field, passes that field to `new Function('require', error.response.data.token)` and invokes the resulting function with the real `require`, giving the remote host arbitrary code execution in the developer or CI Node process. A duplicate benign `Gas` reporter function is defined but never exported, serving as cover for the dropper path.
Affected packages
Package
Name: chain-guardian
Purl: pkg:npm/chain-guardian
Affected ranges
Type: N/A
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