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Malicious package

tailwind-hide-scrollbarnpm

Advisory published Updated

tailwind-hide-scrollbar is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-12116) that opens a backdoor for remote access (malicious versions 0.0.1, 2.1.5, 2.2.0…). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in tailwind-hide-scrollbar (npm)

MAL-2026-12116
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
npm uninstall tailwind-hide-scrollbar

What this malware does

dist/index.js appends an eval(atob('...')) payload after the legitimate export default scrollbarHide; line. The decoded payload queries Ethereum RPC endpoints (eth.blockscout.com/api, 1rpc.io/eth, eth.drpc.org, ethereum-rpc.publicnode.com, eth-mainnet.public.blastapi.io) for the latest transaction from hardcoded address 0xa322E5f3D311D3080e6f0121063e9aDC2490Ef1a, interprets bytes of the to field as IPv4 addresses, HTTP GETs http://<ip>:443/0x/cls and http://<ip>:443/0x/ls, XOR-decrypts the responses, then evals the first stage and spawn('node', ['-e', payload], {detached:true, stdio:'ignore', windowsHide:true}).unref() to run the second stage detached. Inner strings such as child_process, http, https, spawn, and User-Agent are stored as \uXXXX unicode escapes to defeat static grep, wrapped in an outer base64 blob. The payload fires when any consumer imports the package, granting full Node-level remote code execution on the installer's host; the on-chain C2 resolution (EtherHiding) makes the destination attacker-mutable and resistant to takedowns.

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

4 flagged
0.0.12.1.52.2.02.2.1

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

cb0348430af0110be6ac537a38b5bb98983ec6b6f8f1474778ff16e4a4f4e8d8
982fe4a221da9b1452c033aeb2bf4472aff7fe03166d6874abc2d3162ba8998b
165099324429d22ba5c3e3f41da736483503b496cae04f97a71ced94169da6c0
bc5f522cf6afadde9d267886cae6da8c6bf949a0e912d810a62c7424e9b97d9a
ed6b51b0f1ed9c10372cff8a3fe0b8392148f3b59d17720e269a0e5212d28864

Detection & response playbook

Backdoor / remote access
  1. Find it

    Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for tailwind-hide-scrollbar (4 malicious versions).

  2. If you installed it — respond

    tailwind-hide-scrollbar establishes remote access, so treat any host that installed it as fully compromised. Isolate the machine, remove the package, rotate all credentials it could reach, and rebuild from a trusted image rather than cleaning in place — a backdoor may have planted additional persistence.

  3. Did it already run?

    If tailwind-hide-scrollbar 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

No. tailwind-hide-scrollbar on npm has been identified as a malicious package (versions 0.0.1, 2.1.5, 2.2.0, 2.2.1 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

IN-MAL-2026-013433GHSA-97j6-7w7w-7vj3IN-MAL-2026-016011IN-MAL-2026-016033IN-MAL-2026-016010

References

Credits

  • Amazon Inspector · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks tailwind-hide-scrollbar-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the C2 callback and severs the channel.

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