{"id":"MAL-2026-18072","revision":"bb020bb36a3147aa9453bde431ac0cb2","records":[{"revision":"bb020bb36a3147aa9453bde431ac0cb2","observedAt":"2026-10-29T15:12:22.973+00:00","statement":{"source":"osv","id":"MAL-2026-18072","aliases":[],"title":"Malicious code in animatecss-tailwind-plugin (npm)","description":"animatecss-tailwind-plugin (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 @aaron205whitmore/postcss-animate-utils, 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 (78de0c6018e973119168c2238b799e02bf17facfe1bf1750fbf415ee18449d38)\nThe package is a Tailwind CSS plugin that exposes Animate.css animations as Tailwind utilities. No lifecycle scripts, install-time network fetches, credential reads, or exfiltration behaviors were observed. No hardcoded attacker-controlled endpoints, obfuscation, or dynamic code execution were present in the shipped files.\n","state":0,"publishedAt":"2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00","modifiedAt":"2026-10-29T14:30:38.8954988+00:00","affected":[{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"animatecss-tailwind-plugin","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-plugin/v/2.0.6"],"sourceUrl":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-18072","license":"OSV · upstream source license applies","key":"osv:MAL-2026-18072","identifiers":["MAL-2026-18072"]},"retained":false,"historicalAffected":[]}],"coverage":[]}