chain-manager
This report shows the evidence for chain-manager@1.0.10. 3 of 3 known versions are blocked or flagged. See all versions.
OpenSSF/OSV Malicious Advisory
imported 3mo ago · by OpenSSF/OSVOpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-11181 confirms this npm version as malicious.
Advisory
MAL-2026-11181
Source
OpenSSF Malicious Packages via OSV
Summary
Malicious code in chain-manager (npm)
Details
The package is advertised as a docs/landing site for 'Theta Data API', but its main entry (index.js) re-exports a single value `desKey` sourced from apps/docs/app/theta.js, which reads apps/docs/app/des.db via readFileSync. The contents of des.db begin with `U2FsdGVkX1...`, the standard prefix for OpenSSL-encrypted base64 output, indicating an opaque ciphertext payload. The package has no lifecycle scripts, no network I/O, no shell execution, and no reads of installer-side credential paths in its reachable code. Installing or importing this package on its own performs no exfiltration and executes no fetched code. The shape — a nearly empty npm package whose only export is an encrypted blob — is inert in isolation but is consistent with a staged-payload carrier intended to be decrypted and executed by a separate companion loader that holds the corresponding key. The mismatch between the README's stated docs-site purpose and the actual single-export-of-ciphertext content is a transparency concern.
## Source: ghsa-malware (244bd34fb32f0ec506fd4453e6f76aa449778c670324f156ab3f2ef35c6b4de3) 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 chain-manager@1.0.10.
The same advisory and Firewall decision cover 3 recorded versions
1.0.10, 1.0.8, 1.0.9
The versions list below shows the verdict for each recorded version.
- Avoid installing chain-manager@1.0.10. 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.
Evidence last updated: .
Source advisory published: .
This report uses published external intelligence. The advisory does not provide a separate source-code analysis for each listed version.
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