animatecss-tailwind-helper

{"schema_version":"1.7.4","id":"MAL-2026-18070","published":"2026-10-19T00:00:00Z","modified":"2026-10-29T14:15:55.202517252Z","summary":"Malicious code in animatecss-tailwind-helper (npm)","details":"animatecss-tailwind-helper (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 hannahgibbs 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 (6c4213fa078eb4f4c659fcf92ae1149737f62855463f0dcbe6d21b770de5e559)\nThe package contains no code paths that read installer secrets, contact non-first-party network destinations, execute fetched remote content, or install persistence. No lifecycle scripts perform install-time execution against attacker-controlled sources, and no silent-relay, credential-distribution, backdoor, or self-propagation mechanisms are present in the shipped files.\n","affected":[{"package":{"name":"animatecss-tailwind-helper","ecosystem":"npm"},"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":"animatecss-tailwind-helper-2.0.6.tgz","hashes":{"sha1":"aaacc1d5ac874c65ddf5ae8a9554cbfe4fd437f8","sha512_sri":"sha512-/KIWaTkX1Vi1lwEBrgEcpM664QIG4mVrjr8ADNIJxOzD01zFhd8d7f7dAHKUCLrbBrh7TY1KM75QrcdQx81AMQ=="}}]}}}],"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/animatecss-tailwind-helper/v/2.0.6"}],"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-2026-022283","import_time":"2026-10-29T14:14:39.966093126Z","modified_time":"2026-10-29T14:12:38Z","sha256":"6c4213fa078eb4f4c659fcf92ae1149737f62855463f0dcbe6d21b770de5e559","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"}]}