Which versions of chai-chai-chain-promised are malicious?

The following npm versions of chai-chai-chain-promised are flagged malicious: 2.4.3. Treat any of these as compromised.

How do I remediate chai-chai-chain-promised if I installed it?

Remove chai-chai-chain-promised from your project and lockfile, then assume any secrets accessible to the build or runtime were exposed: rotate API keys, tokens, and credentials, and audit for unexpected outbound activity or persistence.

I already installed chai-chai-chain-promised — how do I know if it already compromised me?

If chai-chai-chain-promised was installed, its post-install payload may already have run. Removing the package does not undo that — check outbound connections and credential use from the install window onward.

Is chai-chai-chain-promised part of a known attack campaign?

Yes — chai-chai-chain-promised is associated with the RLMA-2026-01169 campaign. Packages in the same campaign often share infrastructure and payloads, so check whether any related packages are also in your dependency tree.

How do I find chai-chai-chain-promised across my projects, lockfiles, and CI pipelines?

Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for chai-chai-chain-promised (version 2.4.3).

Malicious package

chai-chai-chain-promisednpm

Advisory published Mar 18, 2026Updated Mar 23, 2026

chai-chai-chain-promised is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-1676) that executes malicious code on install (malicious version 2.4.3). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in chai-chai-chain-promised (npm)

MAL-2026-1676

Immediate action

Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.

npm uninstall chai-chai-chain-promised

What this malware does

The package chai-chai-chain-promised was found to contain malicious code.

Malicious versions

1 flagged

2.4.3

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

c4969ff65c01ffc31e17b1ebedbbafddb8d81dd99af6aa18fd05c9d9883fe776

05be57049f1ed27fc157d4893925be0d06323a7b47e8b8893ff0c353e5ddb82d

Detection & response playbook

Malicious package

Find it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for chai-chai-chain-promised (version 2.4.3).
If you installed it — respond
Remove chai-chai-chain-promised from your project and lockfile, then assume any secrets accessible to the build or runtime were exposed: rotate API keys, tokens, and credentials, and audit for unexpected outbound activity or persistence.
Did it already run?
If chai-chai-chain-promised was installed, its post-install payload may already have run. Removing the package does not undo that — check outbound connections and credential use from the install window onward.

Frequently asked questions

No. chai-chai-chain-promised on npm has been identified as a malicious package (version 2.4.3 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

RLMA-2026-01169

Credits

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Detect & block this

O3 blocks chai-chai-chain-promised-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the malicious outbound activity and severs the channel.

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