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Malicious package

chai-promised-pluginnpm

Malicious code in chai-promised-plugin (npm) Remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

MAL-2026-1682
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
npm uninstall chai-promised-plugin

What this malware does

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

Malicious versions

1 flagged
2.3.5

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

1d795dbd75afa9bdfd9f41e7c9f9ad6d98b647a4b70688d40748ec0b2f13daf3
adcef9446d381cf0eb689e6ca0e6cdec06bae764c2c8c2cfaf83ba73597713b9

Detection & response playbook

Malicious package
  1. Find it

    Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for chai-promised-plugin (version 2.3.5). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging chai-promised-plugin across your stack and pipelines.

  2. If you installed it — respond

    Remove chai-promised-plugin 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.

  3. Did it already run?

    If chai-promised-plugin was ever installed, its post-install/runtime payload may have already executed. O3's L7 egress monitoring and runtime eBPF sensors detect the credential exfiltration or command-and-control callback after install and block the malicious outbound channel, so you catch and contain the actual compromise — not just the presence of the package.

  4. How O3 protects you

    O3 blocks chai-promised-plugin before install through its supply-chain scanner, and if it has already run, detects and severs the exfiltration or C2 callback at runtime through L7 egress monitoring and eBPF.

Frequently asked questions

No. chai-promised-plugin on npm has been identified as a malicious package (version 2.3.5 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

RLMA-2026-01186

Credits

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Detect & block this

O3 blocks chai-promised-plugin-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.

chai-promised-plugin (npm) malicious package — MAL-2026-1682 | O3 Security