chai-as-tuned
This report shows the evidence for chai-as-tuned@7.2.2, the only known version.
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 4mo ago · by OpenSSF/OSVOpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-4513 confirms this npm version as malicious.
Advisory
MAL-2026-4513
Source
OpenSSF Malicious Packages via OSV
Summary
Malicious code in chai-as-tuned (npm)
Details
Package name `chai-as-tuned` impersonates `chai-as-promised` and ships a README copy-pasted from the unrelated pino project (npm/CI badges point at pinojs/pino). The advertised middleware in `index.js` spawns `lib/initializeCaller.js` as a detached node process whenever the exported function is invoked. That script constructs a fake local `process` object whose `DEV_API_KEY` is a base64 literal decoding to `https://aqua-margit-84.tiiny.site/index.json` (tiiny.site is an anonymous static-hosting service), GETs the JSON via axios, and passes the `response.cookie` field to `new Function.constructor('require', response)(require)` — executing attacker-controlled JavaScript with full Node privileges and access to the host's `require`. The combination of name-confusion, copied README, base64-hidden C2 URL, `Function.constructor` indirection to defeat static review, and remote-fetch-and-eval is an unambiguous supply-chain attack: any consumer who follows the README and uses the main export will execute whatever code the attacker serves at runtime.
## Source: ghsa-malware (456afd075e2df98b9a07a876eb8b1e26cff0afe3f517d7b0f226f654e3e22bed) 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.
References
Source & flagged code
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Findings
1 High
HighOsv Malicious Advisory
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to chai-as-tuned@7.2.2.
The versions list below shows the verdict for each recorded version.
- Avoid installing chai-as-tuned@7.2.2. 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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Source advisory published: .
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