Which versions of china_airlines are malicious?

The following npm versions of china_airlines are flagged malicious: 1.0.0. Treat any of these as compromised.

How do I remediate china_airlines if I installed it?

china_airlines 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 china_airlines — how do I know if it already compromised me?

If china_airlines 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 china_airlines part of a known attack campaign?

Yes — china_airlines is associated with the GHSA-6gv6-cwww-6793, IN-MAL-2026-017543 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 china_airlines across my projects, lockfiles, and CI pipelines?

Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for china_airlines (version 1.0.0).

Malicious package

china_airlinesnpm

Advisory published Aug 12, 2026Updated Aug 12, 2026

china_airlines is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-13791) 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 china_airlines (npm)

MAL-2026-13791

Immediate action

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

npm uninstall china_airlines

What this malware does

The package china_airlines contains no JavaScript library code. Its package.json declares "main": "index.html", and the shipped index.html is a fake Cloudflare 'Just a moment...' interstitial with a fake Turnstile widget and a dynamically generated fake Ray ID. The onTurnstileComplete handler is heavily obfuscated (obfuscator.io-style hex-named identifiers, rotating string array, self-defense wrappers) and decodes a hidden targetUrl from the encoded string table, forwards the current page's query parameters onto that URL via URLSearchParams(...).forEach, and calls window.location.assign(targetUrl). A legitimate Cloudflare challenge does not decode its next-hop URL out of an obfuscated string array. The package appears designed to abuse npm plus its public CDN mirrors (unpkg / jsDelivr) as free hosting for a brand-impersonating phishing landing page; the victims are browser users who follow CDN links to the file, not developers who npm install it. The install/require surface itself is inert (no lifecycle scripts, no library code executed at install or import time), so there is no direct installer-side exfiltration, RCE, or credential theft.

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.

Malicious versions

1 flagged

1.0.0

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

40578db5ae62ee3cb53853728a80b6f26d786c807fc2bb217aaecdb6655d829d

9a78be97ab9e11940bb49de80859b21f1de27b8f078bad4067b227fbc99d2413

Detection & response playbook

Credential / info stealer

Find it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for china_airlines (version 1.0.0).
If you installed it — respond
china_airlines 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 china_airlines 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. china_airlines 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

GHSA-6gv6-cwww-6793IN-MAL-2026-017543

References

Credits

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Detect & block this

O3 blocks china_airlines-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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