LWA-2026-6261 MAL-2026-10039 ↗ confirmed malware

chai-as-align@7.1.0

Malicious code in chai-as-align (npm)

T1059.007 · JavaScriptT1105 · Ingress Tool TransferT1071.001 · Web ProtocolsT1195.002 · Compromise Software Supply Chain

Analysis

chai-as-align is a combosquat of the popular chai assertion library. On require(), it spawns a detached child process that fetches a remote payload from amethyst-lorrin-26[.]tiiny[.]site/index.json and executes it via the Function constructor, enabling arbitrary remote code execution on the installer's machine. The C2 endpoint is contacted with an x-secret-key header. The package has no lifecycle hooks but executes the payload immediately on import via an IIFE in lib/initializeCaller.js.

analyzed by
Leitwacht
first seen
Jul 2, 2026, 03:38 PM
analyzed
Jul 2, 2026, 03:39 PM

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