tailwind-animaflow-kitnpm
Advisory published Updated
tailwind-animaflow-kit is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-18077) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 2.0.6). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in tailwind-animaflow-kit (npm)
What this malware does
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.
Malicious versions
Detection & response playbook
Credential / info stealerFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for tailwind-animaflow-kit (version 2.0.6).
If you installed it — respond
tailwind-animaflow-kit is built to steal secrets, so assume every credential the build or runtime could read is compromised. Remove it from your project and lockfile, then rotate ALL exposed secrets — npm/registry tokens, cloud keys, CI/CD secrets, SSH keys, and any .env values — from a known-clean machine. Audit logs for unauthorized use of those credentials.
Did it already run?
If tailwind-animaflow-kit 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.
Frequently asked questions
References
Credits
- pkgwarden · finder
Detect & block this
O3 blocks tailwind-animaflow-kit-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.