{"schema_version":"1.9.2","id":"MAL-2026-18089","published":"2026-10-19T00:00:00Z","modified":"2026-10-29T14:45:07.464328313Z","summary":"Malicious code in tailwindcss-motionanimate (npm)","details":"tailwindcss-motionanimate (1.0.1) 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 doublekk61 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 (83153442c1c3f967d4dd9b3a3b5e80b7ae471e8acb60b92aa99839b531bd4828)\nPackage tailwindcss-motionanimate@1.0.1 contains no observed install-time execution, no lifecycle scripts fetching remote code, no credential or environment reads, no network beacons to attacker-controlled destinations, and no obfuscated payloads. The shipped contents show no behavior that would exfiltrate installer data, execute attacker-controlled code, or establish persistence.\n","affected":[{"package":{"name":"tailwindcss-motionanimate","ecosystem":"npm","purl":"pkg:npm/tailwindcss-motionanimate"},"versions":["1.0.1"],"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":"tailwindcss-motionanimate-1.0.1.tgz","hashes":{"sha1":"b58a9548eccf8f03009c26c842d8446e7802e028","sha512_sri":"sha512-4J/WKmvc8rqA+f/AHQVjy3SgRV4fZ0l4P/ZBgTkjPSN1W6LLJWk+85KoRf0bAkhnQ1et7CfFvzXaIShh4RIKFg=="}}]},"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/tailwindcss-motionanimate/MAL-2026-18089.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/tailwindcss-motionanimate/v/1.0.1"}],"database_specific":{"iocs":{"files":[{"note":"require of private scoped dependency @jasperquinn/postcss-motion-helpers","paths":["src/motion.js"],"source":"PACKAGE_ARCHIVE"}]},"malicious-packages-origins":[{"id":"IN-MAL-2026-022380","import_time":"2026-10-29T14:37:06.479644566Z","modified_time":"2026-10-29T14:25:22Z","sha256":"83153442c1c3f967d4dd9b3a3b5e80b7ae471e8acb60b92aa99839b531bd4828","source":"amazon-inspector","versions":["1.0.1"]}]},"credits":[{"name":"Amazon Inspector","contact":["inspector-research@amazon.com"],"type":"FINDER"},{"name":"pkgwarden","contact":["https://pkgwarden.com"],"type":"FINDER"}]}