MAL-2026-18077

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/tailwind-animaflow-kit/MAL-2026-18077.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-18077
Published
2026-10-19T00:00:00Z
Modified
2026-10-29T14:45:05Z
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.

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Source: amazon-inspector (a577b7a729df2e0e53b7a0b6e626e039ca52c10eacaa7f78dea5d4e652d29b7a)

Analysis 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.

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"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / tailwind-animaflow-kit

Package

Name
tailwind-animaflow-kit
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Purl
pkg:npm/tailwind-animaflow-kit

Affected ranges

Affected versions

2.*
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"