MAL-2026-5843

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    MAL-2026-5843

    Published: 15 Jun 2026Last Modified: 23 Jul 2026Aliases: 
    GHSA-897c-qgxj-rv65

    Summary: Malicious code in chai-smart-assert (npm)

    Details: Source: amazon-inspector (c9c0d75b8077d317728bd396870ad1f297ea11f7a50585421fdf2b888cf3a9f3) The package was found to contain malicious code or consuming dependency that contains malicious code Source: ghsa-malware (44c476c94a62f5a3949ef8e6173aae3a6fa9b4411d7b157d06ea96835fbf258c) Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer. The package should be removed, but as full control of the computer may have been given to an outside entity, there is no guarantee that removing the package will remove all malicious software resulting from installing it.

    References: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-897c-qgxj-rv65, https://www.npmjs.com/package/chai-smart-assert/v/1.1.9

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: chai-smart-assert

    Purl: pkg:npm/chai-smart-assert

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.1.9
    1.1.5
    1.1.6
    1.1.7
    1.1.8