chai-as-reddit
This report shows the evidence for chai-as-reddit@7.0.4. 3 of 3 known versions are blocked or flagged. See all versions.
This package appears in our research on the fake chai plugin campaign, with how it works, the full package list and what to do if you installed it.
OpenSSF/OSV Malicious Advisory
imported 29d ago · by OpenSSF/OSVOpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-10939 confirms this npm version as malicious.
Advisory
MAL-2026-10939
Source
OpenSSF Malicious Packages via OSV
Summary
Malicious code in chai-as-reddit (npm)
Details
The npm package chai-as-reddit@7.0.4 is a trojaned distribution. Its published metadata and README describe a Chai plugin for Reddit API assertions, but the shipped tree (lib/, docs/, docsify/, SECURITY.md, LICENSE, index.d.ts) is copied from the unrelated Pino logger project as camouflage. The real entry point index.js is an unrelated Express-style middleware factory that additionally runs `require('./lib/config')` at top level. lib/config.js is a ~4 MB heavily obfuscated JavaScript file using obfuscator.io-style transformations (hex-string identifiers, a ~23,890-entry rotating string array, control-flow flattening, encoded number/string wrappers), and it does not exist in genuine Pino. Because index.js loads it at module top level, the opaque payload executes in the installer's Node.js process on any require or import of the package, before any exported API is invoked. The combination of a cover-story package name and README, camouflage sourced from an unrelated project, and an auto-executed obfuscated blob is characteristic of a supply-chain execution payload.
## Source: ghsa-malware (2001f9e400a8a00d732bdcdfc5b0744420a7595ec39311cda805ca53fce035ad) Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer. The package should be removed, but as full control of the computer may have been given to an outside entity, there is no guarantee that removing the package will remove all malicious software resulting from installing it.
Source & flagged code
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Findings
1 High
HighOsv Malicious Advisory
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to chai-as-reddit@7.0.4.
The versions list below shows the verdict for each recorded version.
- Avoid installing chai-as-reddit@7.0.4. 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.
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