GCVE-110-OSM-2026-2051

Advisory PublishedCVSS 9.6/10

Vulnetix · Advisory published April 12, 2026

APT malware detected: chai-max. Associated with threat actor(s): DPRK/Lazarus. Behaviors: data exfiltration, code execution, install-time execution. Payload: postinstall.js Key findings: - Environment Variable Exfiltration in postinstall.js: "process.env.npm_config_user_agent || '9'), }, rejectUnauthorized: false,..." - Sensitive File Access in postinstall.js: "'/.aws/credentials'" - Browser Data Theft in postinstall.js: "Chrome/Default/Login Data" - Chai-Max Browser Data Theft in postinstall.js: "Google/Chrome/Default/Login" - Install Hook Executes Local JS File in package.json: ""postinstall": "node postinstall.js"" IOCs: - urls: http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/, http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/iam/security-credentials/, http://metadata.google.internal/computeMetadata/v1/instance/ - domains: p1s.uk, kubernetes.io, metadata.google.internal - payloadFileHash: ac305c2a6c71563861f3a4fd8d10d413f4e5cb9dbc033a333fe5c2a0beabde5b

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Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-506Embedded Malicious Code

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1

9.6/10

Critical · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions	Platforms
unknown	upstart-lending-status	all (affected)	—

References

Malicious npm package: upstart-lending-status

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