{"id":"MAL-2026-18070","revision":"0dd56808f2894cae882458b02ab5b664","records":[{"revision":"0dd56808f2894cae882458b02ab5b664","observedAt":"2026-10-29T15:12:22.973+00:00","statement":{"source":"osv","id":"MAL-2026-18070","aliases":[],"title":"Malicious code in animatecss-tailwind-helper (npm)","description":"animatecss-tailwind-helper (2.0.6) is a Tailwind CSS plugin from the fake job interview campaign behind MAL-2026-17665 and MAL-2026-17666: the same Animate.css integration template, README and description, published by hannahgibbs on 2026-09-28. src/motion.js:5 requires the private scoped package @jasperquinn/postcss-motion-helpers, which is not readable on the public registry and resolves only with the npm token committed in the lure repository's web/.npmrc, so the code it delivers runs when tailwind.config.js loads the plugin and the dev server starts. The published tarball contains no install scripts and no network code; the payload lives in the private dependency, which was not retrieved. Twenty-six such packages under seventeen accounts were published between 2026-07-28 and 2026-10-09.\n\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: amazon-inspector (6c4213fa078eb4f4c659fcf92ae1149737f62855463f0dcbe6d21b770de5e559)\nThe package contains no code paths that read installer secrets, contact non-first-party network destinations, execute fetched remote content, or install persistence. No lifecycle scripts perform install-time execution against attacker-controlled sources, and no silent-relay, credential-distribution, backdoor, or self-propagation mechanisms are present in the shipped files.\n","state":0,"publishedAt":"2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00","modifiedAt":"2026-10-29T14:30:38.9959566+00:00","affected":[{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"animatecss-tailwind-helper","ranges":[],"versions":["2.0.6"],"rawVersionEvidence":null}],"metrics":[],"references":["https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-17665","https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-17666","https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-17667","https://pkgwarden.com/incidents/fake-interview-tailwind-plugins-npm-october-2026/","https://www.npmjs.com/package/animatecss-tailwind-helper/v/2.0.6"],"sourceUrl":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-18070","license":"OSV · upstream source license applies","key":"osv:MAL-2026-18070","identifiers":["MAL-2026-18070"]},"retained":false,"historicalAffected":[]}],"coverage":[]}