Which versions of chart-data-utils are malicious?

The following npm versions of chart-data-utils are flagged malicious: 1.0.0. Treat any of these as compromised.

How do I remediate chart-data-utils if I installed it?

chart-data-utils 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.

I already installed chart-data-utils — how do I know if it already compromised me?

If chart-data-utils 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 chart-data-utils part of a known attack campaign?

Yes — chart-data-utils is associated with the IN-MAL-2026-014692, RLMA-2026-10708 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 chart-data-utils across my projects, lockfiles, and CI pipelines?

Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for chart-data-utils (version 1.0.0).

Malicious package

chart-data-utilsnpm

Advisory published Aug 5, 2026Updated Sep 24, 2026

chart-data-utils is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-12350) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 1.0.0). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in chart-data-utils (npm)

MAL-2026-12350

Immediate action

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

npm uninstall chart-data-utils

What this malware does

[email protected] advertises itself as a chart data/color helper library (index.js contains only trivial color utilities), but ships a postinstall.js that runs at npm install time and performs credential harvesting and host reconnaissance. The postinstall shells out via child_process.exec to: (1) collect hostname, whoami/id output, Docker/cgroup indicators, sudo -ln, ps aux, ip addr/route; (2) enumerate process environment variables and grep-filter for KEY|TOKEN|SECRET|CREDENTIAL|NPM_TOKEN|AWS_|AZURE|GCP|GITHUB_TOKEN plus GitHub Actions identity fields (GITHUB_TOKEN, GITHUB_REPOSITORY, GITHUB_ACTOR, RUN_ID); (3) probe cloud instance-metadata endpoints at 169.254.169.254 (AWS), 100.100.100.200 (Aliyun), metadata.google.internal (GCP), metadata.tencentyun.com (Tencent), and an internal host tst.woa.com; (4) base64-encode the collected data and POST/GET it over plain HTTP to the hardcoded Burp Collaborator subdomain pzs5w7ntzhsnepwk564lyfdci3oucl0a.oastify.com. The package name/description are a cover story for a CI credential harvester; Chinese-language comments ("分片回传版") in the postinstall reference tst.woa.com.

Malicious versions

1 flagged

1.0.0

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

3980b39b1ba77c4c8df0b8e08016a299640a60b6255c1ea8be1883343ec750e9

b001e6b1c64d22d2d8296063437467584bf581b0d573accc93b09833716dac25

Detection & response playbook

Credential / info stealer

Find it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for chart-data-utils (version 1.0.0).
If you installed it — respond
chart-data-utils 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 chart-data-utils 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. chart-data-utils on npm has been identified as a malicious package (version 1.0.0 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

IN-MAL-2026-014692RLMA-2026-10708

References

npmjs.com

Credits

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Detect & block this

O3 blocks chart-data-utils-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.

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