chai-sdknpm
chai-sdk is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-6931) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious versions 1.4.7, 1.4.8). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in chai-sdk (npm)
What this malware does
On require, index.js spawns a detached background node process that runs lib/initializeCaller.js. That module axios.get()s a base64-obfuscated URL (decodes to https://amethyst-lorrin-26.tiiny.site/index.json) and passes the response's cookie field to new Function('require',...) which is then invoked with the real require, giving the remote operator arbitrary Node.js execution inside the installer's process. The URL is stored as a base64 blob decoded via atob() and wrapped in a function named initializeCaller with comments framing it as routine middleware — deliberate cover for the exfiltration/execution primitive. The package is published as chai-sdk but its entrypoint exports an object named pino with pino's DEFAULT_LEVELS, messageKey, and mirror files (lib/proto.js, lib/multistream.js, lib/redaction.js), masquerading as the popular pino logger so consumers integrate it as a benign logging dependency. Import-time fetch is from an anonymous, mutable tiiny.site host with no pinning, hash, or signature — whatever JavaScript the operator serves runs with the consumer's Node privileges.
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.
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Detection & response playbook
Credential / info stealerFind it
Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for chai-sdk (2 malicious versions). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging chai-sdk across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
chai-sdk is built to steal secrets, so assume every credential the build or runtime could read is compromised. Remove it from your project and lockfile, then rotate ALL exposed secrets — npm/registry tokens, cloud keys, CI/CD secrets, SSH keys, and any .env values — from a known-clean machine. Audit logs for unauthorized use of those credentials.
Did it already run?
If chai-sdk 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.
How O3 protects you
O3 blocks chai-sdk 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.
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Detect & block this
O3 blocks chai-sdk-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.