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canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/chai-as-patch"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/chai-as-patch/report.md"
package: "chai-as-patch"
report_status: "published"
title: "chai-as-patch@1.1.9 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "1.1.9"
---

# chai-as-patch@1.1.9 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Blocked by malware advisory** — OpenSSF/OSV malware advisory MAL-2026-4511 identifies this version as malicious and supplies the Firewall block.

- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Block
- **Firewall policy:** Trusted malware advisory block
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** Malware
- **Selected version:** 1.1.9
- **Selected version is latest:** Yes
- **Analysis source:** OpenSSF/OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV)

OpenSSF/OSV malware advisory MAL-2026-4511 identifies this version as malicious and supplies the Firewall block.

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-4511 confirms this npm version as malicious. This package is a typosquat of chai-as-promised that delivers remote code execution to any installer that requires it and invokes the exported middleware. index.js spawns a detached, stdio-ignored child process running lib/caller.js. caller.js fetches https://jsonkeeper.com/b/XRGF3 (a free anonymous JSON paste host) via axios, extracts the \`.cookie\` field from the response, and passes it into \`new...

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** external-osv-malicious-v1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Malicious
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 100.0%
- **Started:** 2026-06-30T15:00:00.099Z
- **Finished:** 2026-06-30T15:00:00.099Z
- **Download time:** Not available
- **Static scan time:** Not available
- **AI review time:** Not available
- **Total time:** Not available

The recorded confidence comes from the underlying analysis. Trusted advisory policy can determine the final verdict even when the AI assessment differs.

## Security analysis

No additional public attack-surface or AI-review details are available.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to chai-as-patch@1.1.9.

- Avoid installing chai-as-patch@1.1.9. Remove it from direct dependencies and check your lockfile for transitive copies.
- Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.
- If this version ran, investigate the affected machine and build environment. Rotate credentials it could access and rebuild from a trusted environment.

## Public findings

### 1. High: Osv Malicious Advisory
- **Category:** External Intel
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

This package is a typosquat of chai-as-promised that delivers remote code execution to any installer that requires it and invokes the exported middleware. index.js spawns a detached, stdio-ignored child process running lib/caller.js. caller.js fetches https://jsonkeeper.com/b/XRGF3 (a free anonymous JSON paste host) via axios, extracts the \`.cookie\` field from the response, and passes it into \`new Function.constructor('require', s)\`, then invokes the resulting function with the real \`require\` — giving the paste host's controller arbitrary code execution in the consumer's Node process. The C2 URL is base64-encoded and hidden inside a fake \`process.env\`-shaped object (\`DEV\_API\_KEY: "aHR0cHM6Ly9qc29ua2VlcGVyLmNvbS9iL1hSR0Yz"\`); a second encoded paste ID (4NAKK) is stored in lib/const.js. The package metadata further obfuscates intent: name mimics \`chai-as-promised\`, description claims to be a vulnerability manager, keywords are pino-related, and the bug tracker points at an unrelated domain. The detached+unref'd subprocess pattern is intended to hide the loader from the calling process. Multiple independent block signals are present: anonymous-host remote-code fetch with no integrity check, dynamic Function-constructor execution of attacker-controlled bytes, base64-concealed C2, hidden detached subprocess delivery, and typosquat naming.

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** No

- **Dependencies:** 0
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 0
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 0

## Package metadata
- **Package:** chai-as-patch
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.1.9
- **Version published:** Not available
- **Package first seen:** 2026-06-30T15:00:00.099Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-06-30T15:00:00.099Z
- **Known versions:** 1
- **Latest version:** 1.1.9
- **Appeal under review:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/chai-as-patch>)
- [OpenSSF/OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-4511>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/chai-as-patch/v/1.1.9>)