MAL-2026-18074

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/animatecss-tailwind-vectrix/MAL-2026-18074.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-18074
Published
2026-10-19T00:00:00Z
Modified
2026-10-29T14:30:39Z
Summary
Malicious code in animatecss-tailwind-vectrix (npm)
Details

animatecss-tailwind-vectrix (2.0.6, 2.0.7) 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 cypherbyte 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.

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Source: amazon-inspector (4656472aa6539d0b9bb022dca8ca565fac77cb2d55b73beb2d95c5a500fe1919)

The package contains no traced code paths or content patterns indicating exfiltration, install-time or import-time remote code execution, silent relay of caller data, credential distribution, backdoor access, or self-propagation. No lifecycle scripts fetching or executing remote content, no reads of installer secret paths (~/.aws, ~/.ssh, ~/.npmrc, browser stores), no hardcoded attacker-controlled network destinations, and no obfuscated payloads were observed in the shipped files.

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-2026-022173",
            "import_time": "2026-10-29T14:14:31.865976393Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-10-29T13:58:20Z",
            "sha256": "3ab2a8e02f1fb5c4260216dc1419dcba194f39f457e48c7143e3aed2a800848f",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "versions": [
                "2.0.7"
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-022176",
            "import_time": "2026-10-29T14:14:32.110069329Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-10-29T13:58:46Z",
            "sha256": "4656472aa6539d0b9bb022dca8ca565fac77cb2d55b73beb2d95c5a500fe1919",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "versions": [
                "2.0.6"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / animatecss-tailwind-vectrix

Package

Name
animatecss-tailwind-vectrix
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Purl
pkg:npm/animatecss-tailwind-vectrix

Affected ranges

Affected versions

2.*
2.0.6
2.0.7

Database specific

cwes 
[
    {
        "cweId": "CWE-506",
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
    },
    {
        "cweId": "CWE-506",
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
    }
]
indicators 
{
    "package_integrity": [
        {
            "filename": "animatecss-tailwind-vectrix-2.0.7.tgz",
            "hashes": {
                "sha1": "606830ee93e7853fb79f8ae032ca1e68668a52d4",
                "sha512_sri": "sha512-LRZ/WEgPKBpqosONnDdBp6CzJCfoZ1ekIfn61aK2R0n2b9R7tqlH89L0qNADIjIkJX8GPn2D/mtC/Fcvk5o29A=="
            }
        }
    ]
}
source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/animatecss-tailwind-vectrix/MAL-2026-18074.json"