Which versions of tailwindcss-motion-advanced are malicious?

The following npm versions of tailwindcss-motion-advanced are flagged malicious: 1.0.1. Treat any of these as compromised.

How do I remediate tailwindcss-motion-advanced if I installed it?

tailwindcss-motion-advanced 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-motion-advanced — how do I know if it already compromised me?

If tailwindcss-motion-advanced 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-motion-advanced part of a known attack campaign?

Yes — tailwindcss-motion-advanced is associated with the IN-MAL-2026-017004 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-motion-advanced across my projects, lockfiles, and CI pipelines?

Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for tailwindcss-motion-advanced (version 1.0.1).

Malicious package

tailwindcss-motion-advancednpm

Advisory published Aug 7, 2026Updated Aug 7, 2026

tailwindcss-motion-advanced is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-13604) that opens a backdoor for remote access (malicious version 1.0.1). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in tailwindcss-motion-advanced (npm)

MAL-2026-13604

Immediate action

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

npm uninstall tailwindcss-motion-advanced

What this malware does

On require of the package's main entry, lib/utils.min.js 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 outbound transaction from the hardcoded address 0xa322E5f3D311D3080e6f0121063e9aDC2490Ef1a, parses two IPv4 C2 hosts from the transaction's to field, fetches an XOR-encoded JavaScript payload over plain HTTP at http://<ip>:443/0x/cls, decodes it, and executes it via both eval and a detached spawn('node', ['-e', payload]). Sensitive identifiers (http, https, child_process, zlib, url, URLs, HTTP methods, header names, the attacker address) are hidden behind \uXXXX unicode escapes, and the response body and x-payload-b64 header are XOR-decoded with a per-URL key before execution. The package is presented as a Tailwind CSS plugin and has no legitimate need for Ethereum RPC access, IP derivation from on-chain data, or execution of remotely fetched code.

Malicious versions

1 flagged

1.0.1

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

6b8426c39ffcba11d95e8ede8085ce260dbcf8527544ce9ca3a1d7a59618f0eb

Detection & response playbook

Backdoor / remote access

Find it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for tailwindcss-motion-advanced (version 1.0.1).
If you installed it — respond
tailwindcss-motion-advanced 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-motion-advanced 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-motion-advanced on npm has been identified as a malicious package (version 1.0.1 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

IN-MAL-2026-017004

References

npmjs.com

Credits

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Detect & block this

O3 blocks tailwindcss-motion-advanced-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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