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canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/chai-as-testmode/v/1.4.7"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/chai-as-testmode/v/1.4.7.md"
package: "chai-as-testmode"
report_status: "published"
title: "chai-as-testmode@1.4.7 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "1.4.7"
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# chai-as-testmode@1.4.7 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Blocked & quarantined** — Quarantined by product-default policy — this version is not allowed through the firewall.

- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Block
- **Firewall policy:** Matched malicious
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** Malware
- **Selected version:** 1.4.7
- **Selected version is latest:** Yes
- **Analysis source:** OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV)

Trusted malware advisory MAL-2026-17473 identifies this version as malicious. Firewall keeps the version blocked under its trusted-intelligence policy. An AI recommendation to allow or warn does not override that advisory.

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-17473 confirms this npm version as malicious. The package masquerades as the pino logging library (README badges and lib/ contents mimic pino) but ships a dropper at lib/initializeCaller.js. A self-executing IIFE POSTs the full process.env object to a base64-concealed endpoint that decodes to https://ipcheck-hashed.vercel.app/api/auth/b4dadd6a26d820d08596, using an 'x-secret-header: secret' header, and then passes the HTTP response body to new...

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** external-osv-malicious-v1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Malicious
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 100.0%
- **Started:** 2026-10-04T23:35:05.818Z
- **Finished:** 2026-10-04T23:35:05.818Z
- **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-testmode@1.4.7.

- Avoid installing chai-as-testmode@1.4.7. 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%

The package masquerades as the pino logging library (README badges and lib/ contents mimic pino) but ships a dropper at lib/initializeCaller.js. A self-executing IIFE POSTs the full process.env object to a base64-concealed endpoint that decodes to https://ipcheck-hashed.vercel.app/api/auth/b4dadd6a26d820d08596, using an 'x-secret-header: secret' header, and then passes the HTTP response body to new Function('require', response.data) with require handed in — executing attacker-returned JavaScript in the installer's Node process. The transmitted payload is the entire environment (not a single named variable), which on developer and CI machines typically includes NPM\_TOKEN, GITHUB\_TOKEN, AWS\_\* credentials, and other CI secrets. The destination URL is stored base64-encoded to conceal it from casual inspection, and the typosquat-style package name together with pino-themed documentation form a cover story for the dropper.

## 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-testmode
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.4.7
- **Version published:** 2026-10-02T16:07:03.269Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-10-04T23:35:05.818Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-10-04T23:35:05.818Z
- **Known versions:** 1
- **Latest version:** 1.4.7
- **Appeal under review:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/chai-as-testmode/v/1.4.7>)
- [OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-17473>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/chai-as-testmode/v/1.4.7>)