process-tailwind

{"modified":"2026-09-15T15:55:20Z","published":"2026-09-15T15:55:20Z","schema_version":"1.7.4","id":"MAL-2026-16179","summary":"Malicious code in process-tailwind (npm)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: amazon-inspector (d22d8ef47e17a005ea3305f7d97a3cb4de14f0a3a07e8a1e461e13d25e5e7432)\nOn require/import, index.js unconditionally calls initialize(), which spawns a detached, unref'd `node loader.js` child with stdio ignored and writes a PID file. loader.js fetches JSON from https://api.npoint.io/24c25d5f5fcbb0992a4f (a mutable third-party paste endpoint), base64-decodes the `code` field, and executes it via `new Function('require','__dirname','__filename','module','exports', decodedCode)(...)`, granting the remote endpoint operator arbitrary code execution on the installer's host. The remote URL is stored in a constant misleadingly named `API_KEY` and surrounded by comments describing the loader as a sandboxed educational component, contradicting the actual fetch-decode-eval behavior.\n","affected":[{"package":{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"process-tailwind"},"versions":["1.1.99"],"database_specific":{"cwes":[{"cweId":"CWE-506","description":"The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.","name":"Embedded Malicious Code"}],"indicators":{"evidence_files":[{"path":"loader.js","sha256":"21bfaa51988b8dc7220f58d33e570d50ce43bc6103f872fda68db1eafe7729c6","tlsh":"7e5121a60afb3512027770e6bb0b596a96bbe113314ec994fa9cc3d44fc2421d6d72dc"},{"path":"init.js","sha256":"414208fccb89273ad5dc8787c58cadd5139bcc1b0d35fbc2f6a6719e46a1b405","tlsh":"5c2142ab286a4b3981b2c4aa471fc51013a6d1777254f9a9f5ce87b56f0671cca238c8"}],"package_integrity":[{"filename":"process-tailwind-1.1.99.tgz","hashes":{"sha1":"52b4fa9bc62dc4600b22486d68df29a95d27e7e1","sha512_sri":"sha512-Mb1ZdUeOWQSnozK9OB42i1FQDqDc4MCD12DaEbxVbY5PfOZ7EWzpJ4XTPwbqt1kY5sY9cS40hwzLhdQ00qfZrw=="}}]}}}],"references":[{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://www.npmjs.com/package/process-tailwind/v/1.1.99"}],"credits":[{"name":"Amazon Inspector","type":"FINDER","contact":["inspector-research@amazon.com"]}],"database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"id":"IN-MAL-2026-020063","import_time":"2026-09-15T16:19:15.669518243Z","modified_time":"2026-09-15T15:55:20Z","sha256":"d22d8ef47e17a005ea3305f7d97a3cb4de14f0a3a07e8a1e461e13d25e5e7432","source":"amazon-inspector","versions":["1.1.99"]}]}}