{"schema_version":"1.9.2","id":"MAL-2026-18077","published":"2026-10-19T00:00:00Z","modified":"2026-10-29T14:45:05.991513245Z","summary":"Malicious code in tailwind-animaflow-kit (npm)","details":"tailwind-animaflow-kit (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 killerdev1127 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 (a577b7a729df2e0e53b7a0b6e626e039ca52c10eacaa7f78dea5d4e652d29b7a)\nAnalysis of tailwind-animaflow-kit@2.0.6 surfaced no lifecycle scripts, no install- or import-time network activity, no reads of installer secrets or credential paths, no dropper or fetch-and-execute pattern, and no silent-relay or backdoor mechanism. No exposed third-party credentials or author tokens were observed in the shipped files.\n","affected":[{"package":{"name":"tailwind-animaflow-kit","ecosystem":"npm","purl":"pkg:npm/tailwind-animaflow-kit"},"versions":["2.0.6"],"database_specific":{"cwes":[{"cweId":"CWE-506","description":"The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.","name":"Embedded Malicious Code"}],"indicators":{"package_integrity":[{"filename":"tailwind-animaflow-kit-2.0.6.tgz","hashes":{"sha1":"664b747a62e274b335ed5d1f2a927f99dbe5d63b","sha512_sri":"sha512-jkJewW00u95tZur2RJChyka/K3qs/hDDtps2/BqSMrvqLHVM69BzgeHG8mjTP8nf1va4lanNrxG+O7kjjU1jQQ=="}}]},"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/tailwind-animaflow-kit/MAL-2026-18077.json"}}],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-17665"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-17666"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-17667"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://pkgwarden.com/incidents/fake-interview-tailwind-plugins-npm-october-2026/"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://www.npmjs.com/package/tailwind-animaflow-kit/v/2.0.6"}],"database_specific":{"iocs":{"files":[{"note":"require of private scoped dependency @aaron205whitmore/postcss-animate-utils","paths":["src/motion.js"],"source":"PACKAGE_ARCHIVE"}]},"malicious-packages-origins":[{"id":"IN-MAL-2026-022391","import_time":"2026-10-29T14:37:06.882042297Z","modified_time":"2026-10-29T14:26:43Z","sha256":"a577b7a729df2e0e53b7a0b6e626e039ca52c10eacaa7f78dea5d4e652d29b7a","source":"amazon-inspector","versions":["2.0.6"]}]},"credits":[{"name":"Amazon Inspector","contact":["inspector-research@amazon.com"],"type":"FINDER"},{"name":"pkgwarden","contact":["https://pkgwarden.com"],"type":"FINDER"}]}