LWA-2026-6994 confirmed malware

chai-as-deployer@2.3.6

Malicious code in chai-as-deployer (npm)

T1195.002 · Compromise Software Supply ChainT1059.007 · JavaScriptT1082 · System Information DiscoveryT1071.001 · Web ProtocolsT1041 · Exfiltration Over C2 Channel

Analysis

chai-as-deployer is a combosquat package that trojanizes the pino logging library with a javascript-obfuscator C2 implant in lib/config.js. When required, the package beacons to a remote C2 server at 167[.]88[.]167[.]54:8087 via HTTP POST to /api/log with host metadata (hostname, OS, username, platform), sends a notification to /api/notify, and exfiltrates system information as a file upload (sysinfo.txt) via multipart/form-data POST to 167[.]88[.]167[.]54:8085/upload.

analyzed by
Leitwacht
first seen
Jul 21, 2026, 08:55 PM
analyzed
Jul 21, 2026, 08:56 PM
weekly installs
163

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Independently detected by the Leitwacht supply-chain probe. IOCs are defanged. Published CC0. Think this is a mistake? See the dispute policy.