{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including chain-await-dom.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-10202 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.","what":"MAL-2026-10202 is a malicious package in chain-await-dom, published on 12 Jul 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-10202 is a malicious package: chain-await-dom (npm). Every version was published to cause harm.\n\nTask:\n1. Search this repository's dependency manifests and lockfiles for the package, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If it is present, remove it, regenerate the lockfile with the project's package manager, and replace whatever it was used for.\n3. List any CI runners, developer machines or containers that installed it, so their secrets can be rotated.\n4. If the package is not used anywhere, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-10202/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-10202/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-10202","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-10202/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-10202","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"The package's declared main entry `index.js` exports a factory `check()` that spawns a detached, unreferenced Node child process running `lib/vcall.js`, then returns a noop Express-shaped middleware as cover. `lib/vcall.js` fetches JavaScript from `https://api.jsonsilo.com/public/c6c0b393-932f-4ae1-8fca-23c6747f4acc` (a mutable JSON-storage endpoint) and executes the response body via `new Function.constructor('require', src)(require)`, with up to 5 retries. `lib/constants.js` also stores a base64-encoded secondary endpoint `DEV_API_KEY` decoding to `https://jsonkeeper.com/b/ZK45J`, consistent with fallback/staged remote-execution infrastructure. The module additionally re-exports the factory as `module.exports.pino = check`, mimicking the `pino` logger API, while the package name (`chain-await-dom`) and README describe unrelated functionality. Any consumer that requires this package triggers arbitrary remote code execution with full Node privileges; the detached+unref child process persists beyond the parent.","ecosystems":["npm"],"exploits":{"exploitdb":null,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":null,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":null,"nuclei":null,"refs":[],"tier":null},"has_fix":false,"headline":"Malicious code in chain-await-dom (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-10202","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"malicious","links":{"ecosystem":"npm","product":null,"products":[],"type":null,"year":"2026"},"n_packages":1,"n_references":null,"packages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","fixed":[],"introduced":[],"last_affected":[],"package":"chain-await-dom","purl":"pkg:npm/chain-await-dom","source":"MAL-2026-10202"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-07-12","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"Apache-2.0","name":"OpenSSF Malicious Packages","prefix":"MAL"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":null,"updated":null,"vendors":null},"summary":null,"url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-10202/"}