Which versions of tailwindcss-form are malicious?

The following npm versions of tailwindcss-form are flagged malicious: 0.5.1. Treat any of these as compromised.

How do I remediate tailwindcss-form if I installed it?

tailwindcss-form 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.

I already installed tailwindcss-form — how do I know if it already compromised me?

If tailwindcss-form 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.

Is tailwindcss-form part of a known attack campaign?

Yes — tailwindcss-form is associated with the IN-MAL-2026-020179, GHSA-c8m9-qwg6-5cv9 campaign. Packages in the same campaign often share infrastructure and payloads, so check whether any related packages are also in your dependency tree.

How do I find tailwindcss-form across my projects, lockfiles, and CI pipelines?

Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for tailwindcss-form (version 0.5.1).

Malicious package

tailwindcss-formnpm

Advisory published Sep 18, 2026Updated Oct 15, 2026

tailwindcss-form is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-16282) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 0.5.1). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in tailwindcss-form (npm)

MAL-2026-16282

Immediate action

Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.

npm uninstall tailwindcss-form

What this malware does

Package name mimics the legitimate tailwindcss-forms plugin (repo field points at tailwindlabs/tailwindcss-forms) but the main entry src/index.js is an obfuscator.io-packed bundle (303-entry rotated string array, control-flow flattening) whose top-level code has no relation to a Tailwind CSS plugin. On require() it loads node:http, node:https, node:zlib, and node:child_process, then issues requests to a set of hardcoded Ethereum endpoints (eth.blockscout.com, *.publicnode.com, .drpc.org, 1rpc.io/eth) and an INDEXER_URL, carrying an etherscan-style txlist query against a hardcoded wallet address 0xa322E5f3... and custom x-payload- headers. Response content is stashed into process globals (_t_u, _t_s, _H, _H2) that are then consumed by a child_process.spawn call, giving the operator of the indexer remote code execution on the installer's machine at import time. The combination of typosquatted name, obfuscator.io packing of the main entry, hardcoded remote endpoints acting as a command channel, and spawn of a fetched payload is a supply-chain trojan disguised as a Tailwind plugin.

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

1 flagged

0.5.1

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

f5c6b39e2bde3263d10e2f20e707d06b981e746fda83ef7772233db33ae7a4f2

a6360dfe9a149abb217abe22c0f48a3c37dffdc5b8ed3fb0e637a72cae6efbfc

Detection & response playbook

Credential / info stealer

Find it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for tailwindcss-form (version 0.5.1).
If you installed it — respond
tailwindcss-form 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 tailwindcss-form 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. tailwindcss-form on npm has been identified as a malicious package (version 0.5.1 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

IN-MAL-2026-020179GHSA-c8m9-qwg6-5cv9

References

Credits

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O3 blocks tailwindcss-form-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.

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