{"id":"MAL-2026-2891","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).\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","modified":"2026-04-23T21:14:00.844998Z","published":"2026-04-16T20:36:13Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"import_time":"2026-04-23T20:49:07.94781775Z","sha256":"086ea02015eee2ed739d268574f9f70069e52293a0c16b02b83f76d95c22afae","modified_time":"2026-04-23T20:43:56Z","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"source":"amazon-inspector"}],"iocs":{"urls":["https://api.npoint.io/c2e881b8bc0fe2121454"]}},"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.indece.com/en-US/blog/7df041ba-feb1-4d87-918b-7fc2c709d805"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"chai-as-init","ecosystem":"npm","purl":"pkg:npm/chai-as-init"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/chai-as-init/MAL-2026-2891.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Amazon Inspector","contact":["actran@amazon.com"],"type":"FINDER"},{"name":"indece","contact":["https://indece.com"],"type":"FINDER"}]}