postcss-selector-minifynpm
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postcss-selector-minify is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-10614) that executes malicious code on install (malicious versions 1.0.0, 2.0.0). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in postcss-selector-minify (npm)
What this malware does
Package is published as postcss-selector-minify (a word-order permutation of cssnano's widely used postcss-minify-selectors) and registers itself to PostCSS under the legitimate plugin's id postcss-minify-selectors, so consumers who mistype or misremember the cssnano plugin name receive a different publisher's package that self-identifies as the real one. On require(), the main entry performs a bare side-effect import of layerd-unit-codec-parser/cjs-runner (return value discarded) before any other work, and replaces the de-facto-standard postcss-selector-parser with layerd-unit-codec-parser/selector-parser (the standard parser is demoted to devDependencies). layerd-unit-codec-parser is an obscure package whose name has no relation to CSS or PostCSS; the /cjs-runner submodule path is shaped specifically to execute code on load. Installing this package silently pulls layerd-unit-codec-parser into the consumer's dependency tree and runs its cjs-runner module on every require of the wrapper.
Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer. The package should be removed, but as full control of the computer may have been given to an outside entity, there is no guarantee that removing the package will remove all malicious software resulting from installing it.
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Malicious packageFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for postcss-selector-minify (2 malicious versions).
If you installed it — respond
Remove postcss-selector-minify from your project and lockfile, then assume any secrets accessible to the build or runtime were exposed: rotate API keys, tokens, and credentials, and audit for unexpected outbound activity or persistence.
Did it already run?
If postcss-selector-minify was installed, its post-install payload may already have run. Removing the package does not undo that — check outbound connections and credential use from the install window onward.
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Detect & block this
O3 blocks postcss-selector-minify-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the malicious outbound activity and severs the channel.