mal-2026-1679
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2026-03-18 12:43
Modified
2026-03-23 05:16
Summary
Malicious code in chai-promised-async (npm)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (5884b19c92ddf330516683f9cc004dabf1dd94e8fe15d4c809d59ecb63dc55c0)

The package chai-promised-async was found to contain malicious code.

Credits
Amazon Inspector actran@amazon.com
ReversingLabs www.reversinglabs.com
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "chai-promised-async",
        "purl": "pkg:npm/chai-promised-async"
      },
      "versions": [
        "2.4.3",
        "3.3.5"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "credits": [
    {
      "contact": [
        "actran@amazon.com"
      ],
      "name": "Amazon Inspector",
      "type": "FINDER"
    },
    {
      "contact": [
        "https://www.reversinglabs.com"
      ],
      "name": "ReversingLabs",
      "type": "FINDER"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
      {
        "id": "RLMA-2026-01181",
        "import_time": "2026-03-19T12:18:39.933758769Z",
        "modified_time": "2026-03-18T12:43:10Z",
        "sha256": "5a442f860d5faf02024910fa929db0c6868b477ed4fcee427c419a2653c4cd4f",
        "source": "reversing-labs",
        "versions": [
          "2.4.3",
          "3.3.5"
        ]
      },
      {
        "import_time": "2026-03-23T05:13:58.834750013Z",
        "modified_time": "2026-03-23T05:11:41Z",
        "sha256": "5884b19c92ddf330516683f9cc004dabf1dd94e8fe15d4c809d59ecb63dc55c0",
        "source": "amazon-inspector",
        "versions": [
          "2.4.3",
          "3.3.5"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: amazon-inspector (5884b19c92ddf330516683f9cc004dabf1dd94e8fe15d4c809d59ecb63dc55c0)\nThe package chai-promised-async was found to contain malicious code.\n",
  "id": "MAL-2026-1679",
  "modified": "2026-03-23T05:16:26Z",
  "published": "2026-03-18T12:43:10Z",
  "schema_version": "1.7.4",
  "summary": "Malicious code in chai-promised-async (npm)"
}


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