MAL-2026-10082 Malicious code in chain-async-dom (npm)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2026-10082 is a malicious package: chain-async-dom (npm). Every version was published to cause harm.
Task:
1. Search this repository's dependency manifests and lockfiles for the package, including transitive dependencies.
2. If it is present, remove it, regenerate the lockfile with the project's package manager, and replace whatever it was used for.
3. List any CI runners, developer machines or containers that installed it, so their secrets can be rotated.
4. If the package is not used anywhere, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-10082/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-10082/index.md)
- Package
- chain-async-dom
- Registry
- npm
What is MAL-2026-10082?
MAL-2026-10082 is a malicious package in chain-async-dom, published on 9 Jul 2026.
Official description
The package presents itself as a pino-compatible logger (lib/ directory mirrors pino's internal file layout — proto.js, levels.js, redaction.js, multistream.js, transport.js, tools.js, symbols.js, worker.js; keywords 'fast,logger,stream,json'; module.exports.pino alias) but its main entry index.js exports a middleware-style
check function that, when invoked, spawns a detached node lib/vcall.js subprocess with stdio:'inherit' and child.unref() so the loader survives the parent process. lib/vcall.js retrieves JavaScript from a hardcoded IPFS gateway URL (https://emerald-accurate-urial-9.mypinata.cloud/ipfs/bafkreify2ijjvromekknzxzvqaopft6muwlpl37mvmpdeazwzzkbjzkuxm) via axios and executes the response body with new Function.constructor('require', src)(require) in a 5-retry loop, giving the fetched code full access to the consumer's Node runtime, filesystem, network, and environment. lib/const.js additionally ships a base64-encoded jsonkeeper paste URL (decodes to https://jsonkeeper.com/b/ZK45J) and a.env with DEV_API_CHECK_DOMAIN=http://vercel-five-coral.vercel.app/, staging additional mutable payload channels. The IPFS-served content is attacker-mutable and opaque; consumers who install and invoke this package as advertised (as a logger/middleware) receive arbitrary remote code execution.What should I do about MAL-2026-10082?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4r3j-x465-77rv.