Which versions of tailwindcss-forms-ui are malicious?

The following npm versions of tailwindcss-forms-ui are flagged malicious: 0.5.2. Treat any of these as compromised.

How do I remediate tailwindcss-forms-ui if I installed it?

tailwindcss-forms-ui 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.

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

If tailwindcss-forms-ui 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-forms-ui part of a known attack campaign?

Yes — tailwindcss-forms-ui is associated with the IN-MAL-2026-020188 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-forms-ui across my projects, lockfiles, and CI pipelines?

Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for tailwindcss-forms-ui (version 0.5.2).

Malicious package

tailwindcss-forms-uinpm

Advisory published Sep 18, 2026Updated Sep 18, 2026

tailwindcss-forms-ui is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-16295) that opens a backdoor for remote access (malicious version 0.5.2). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in tailwindcss-forms-ui (npm)

MAL-2026-16295

Immediate action

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

npm uninstall tailwindcss-forms-ui

What this malware does

The package name typosquats @tailwindcss/forms but its main entry src/index.js is a 39 KB obfuscator.io bundle (303-entry rotating string array, hex-named identifiers, control-flow flattening) with no Tailwind/CSS functionality. On require(), the module attaches require and module to global scope, then queries Ethereum JSON-RPC endpoints (eth.publicnode.com, 1rpc.io/eth, eth-mainnet.public.blastapi.io, eth.drpc.org) and Etherscan/Blockscout txlist APIs for transactions from the hardcoded sender address 0xa322E5f39aDC2490EfD311D3080e6f0121063e1a, decompresses the returned transaction data (gzip/deflate/brotli), and passes it to code-construction and node:child_process.spawn sinks. The hardcoded sender's on-chain transactions are a mutable, attacker-controlled payload channel (EtherHiding pattern), granting arbitrary code execution on any installer that require()s the module.

Malicious versions

1 flagged

0.5.2

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

6f2bdfef8937b1e6ef4979181693e00adbdfbe7521b8b240268f76beff8b3be8

Detection & response playbook

Backdoor / remote access

Find it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for tailwindcss-forms-ui (version 0.5.2).
If you installed it — respond
tailwindcss-forms-ui 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.
Did it already run?
If tailwindcss-forms-ui 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-forms-ui on npm has been identified as a malicious package (version 0.5.2 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

IN-MAL-2026-020188

References

npmjs.com

Credits

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Detect & block this

O3 blocks tailwindcss-forms-ui-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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