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canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/chai-tracker/v/1.2.1"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/chai-tracker/v/1.2.1.md"
package: "chai-tracker"
report_status: "published"
title: "chai-tracker@1.2.1 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "1.2.1"
---

# chai-tracker@1.2.1 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Blocked & quarantined** — Unconsented background execution and externally defined database/network behavior.

- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Block
- **Firewall policy:** Matched malicious
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** Malware
- **Selected version:** 1.2.1
- **Selected version is latest:** Yes
- **Analysis source:** AI Security Review (lpm-firewall-ai)

Importing the Node main entry triggers a detached child process. The child loads an unrelated peer dependency and initiates a database connection outside the package's stated spy-plugin function.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Confidence:** 98.0%
- **Started:** 2026-07-22T20:35:54.744Z
- **Finished:** 2026-07-22T20:36:21.138Z
- **Download time:** 507 ms
- **Static scan time:** 103 ms
- **AI review time:** 25784 ms
- **Total time:** 26394 ms

## Security analysis

### Published attack-surface review

- **Summary:** Importing the Node main entry triggers a detached child process. The child loads an unrelated peer dependency and initiates a database connection outside the package's stated spy-plugin function.

- **Trigger:** Requiring chai-tracker through its Node main entry.

- **Impact:** Unconsented background execution and externally defined database/network behavior.

- **Evidence paths:** package.json, index.js, lib/spy.js, chai-tracker.js

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-07-22T20:36:21.138Z

### AI review details

- **Review stage:** source\_first\_review

- **Mechanism:** Import-time detached child-process launch invoking dbconnectify.

- **Attack narrative:** index.js loads lib/spy.js. While registering Chai assertions, lib/spy.js unconditionally calls assertConnection(), which spawns a detached Node child executing code that requires dbconnectify and calls queryDBConnect(). This behavior is unrelated to a testing spy library and is hidden by the stale browser bundle, which lacks the routine.

- **Rationale:** The Node import path contains an unconditional, unrelated detached-process launch and database connector invocation. This is concrete unauthorized runtime behavior, not an inert scanner signal.

- **Files touched:** index.js, lib/spy.js, package.json

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Malicious

- **Confidence:** 98.0%

- **Recommended action:** publish\_block

- **Intent class:** Malware

- **False-positive risk:** Low

- **Evidence for:** lib/spy.js:751 invokes assertConnection during plugin import., lib/spy.js:397-411 spawns detached child Node process., Child code loads dbconnectify and calls queryDBConnect()., package.json adds unrelated dbconnectify and axios peer dependencies., Browser bundle chai-tracker.js omits the injected connection routine.

- **Evidence against:** No package lifecycle scripts., No explicit endpoint or credential harvesting appears in shipped source.

## Public findings

### 1. Low: Scripts Present
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

Package declares npm scripts.

### 2. Medium: Wildcard Dependency
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 80.0%

Package manifest contains a wildcard dependency.

### 3. High: Known Malware Source Fingerprint Signature
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** lib/spy.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/chai-tracker@1.2.1/lib/spy.js>)

Source fingerprint signature matches a known malicious package signature; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = malicious_source_fingerprint_signature
signature = db3db3d6428d9018
signatureType = suspicious_hashes
sourceLabel = final_verdict:malicious
matchedPackage = chai-tracker@1.1.3
matchedPath = lib/spy.js
matchedIdentity = npm:Y2hhaS10cmFja2Vy:1.1.3
similarity = 1.000
shingleOverlap = 2
summary = package final verdict is malicious
```

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

- **Dependencies:** 0
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 3
- **Development dependencies:** 4
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 3

### Published dependency entries
- axios ^1.13.6 (PeerDependency)
- chai \* (PeerDependency)
- dbconnectify ^1.0.2 (PeerDependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** chai-tracker
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.2.1
- **License:** MIT
- **Version published:** 2026-07-22T11:11:45.831Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-07-17T14:15:00.357Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-07-22T20:36:21.138Z
- **Known versions:** 5
- **Latest version:** 1.2.1
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** Spies for the Chai assertion library.
- **Author:** Austin
- **Keywords:** chai, chai-plugin, browser, mocks-and-spies, testing, spies, stubs, mocks
- **Runtime engines:** node: \>= 4.0.0
- **Artifact files:** 15
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 87,711 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 1
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/chai-tracker/v/1.2.1>)
- [Homepage](<https://github.com/chaijs/chai-tracker#readme>)
- [Issues](<https://github.com/chaijs/chai-tracker/issues>)