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animatecss-tailwind-graphic

A configurable, namespaced Animate.css integration for Tailwind CSS

This report shows the evidence for animatecss-tailwind-graphic@2.0.6, the only known version.

OpenSSF/OSV Malicious Advisory

imported 3d ago · by OpenSSF/OSV

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-18069 confirms this npm version as malicious.

Advisory

MAL-2026-18069

Source

OpenSSF Malicious Packages via OSV

Summary

Malicious code in animatecss-tailwind-graphic (npm)

Details

animatecss-tailwind-graphic (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 jamesvectorpack 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.

References

OpenSSF/OSV advisory ADVISORY ADVISORY ADVISORY WEB

Independent LPM AI assessment

Manual Review

Independent AI assessment: manual_review. LPM AI review remains unresolved.

The visible source is consistent with a Tailwind CSS plugin, but a required dependency on its active runtime path could not be inspected because registry metadata was unavailable. Manual review is needed to resolve that dependency's behavior.

Static reason

No blocking static signals were detected.

Trigger

Tailwind invokes the package plugin callback during configuration or build.

Impact

The dependency's behavior cannot be assessed from this snapshot, so a clean verdict is not established.

Mechanism

The callback builds styles through src/motion.js, which invokes the unresolved PostCSS plugin dependency.

AI rationale

Evidence

package.jsonsrc/motion.jsplugin.js

Independent scan evidence

public snapshot

AI called this Manual Review at 79.0% confidence as Unknown with medium false-positive risk.

AI review observations

package.json declares the required dependency @aaron205whitmore/postcss-animate-utils at ^1.0.1.
src/motion.js imports that dependency and uses it as a PostCSS plugin in the reachable style-generation path.
The plugin entrypoint calls buildStyles when Tailwind invokes the plugin callback; the imported dependency's source is unresolved in the supplied snapshot.

Evidence against

The package manifest lists only lint and test scripts; no install lifecycle script is shown.
The inspected package source uses the dependency while generating CSS styles, and shows no network or credential handling.

Behavioral surface

Source

Filesystem

Supply chainNo supply-chain packaging signals triggered.

ManifestNo manifest risk signals triggered.

scanned 5 file(s), 10.2 KB of source

Source & flagged code

4 flagged

package.jsonView file

Lines 5-45json

5 "main": "plugin.js",

6 "exports": "./plugin.js",

7 "files": [

8 "plugin.js",

9 "src",

10 "README.md",

11 "LICENSE"

12 ],

13 "homepage": "https://sericpieap.github.io/animatecss-tailwind-graphic/",

14 "repository": "https://github.com/sericpieap/animatecss-tailwind-graphic/",

15 "author": "sericpieap",

16 "license": "MIT",

17 "keywords": [

18 "tailwindcss",

19 "tailwindcss-plugin",

20 "animate.css",

21 "animation",

22 "keyframes",

23 "motion"

24 ],

25 "scripts": {

26 "lint": "eslint . --ext .js",

27 "test": "node --test"

28 },

29 "dependencies": {

30 "animate.css": "^4.1.1",

31 "postcss": "^8.4.5",

32 "@aaron205whitmore/postcss-animate-utils": "^1.0.1",

33 "postcss-js": "^3.0.3",

34 "postcss-selector-parser": "^6.0.8"

35 },

36 "devDependencies": {

High

Suspicious Dependency Evidence

package.json declares the required dependency @aaron205whitmore/postcss-animate-utils at ^1.0.1.

package.jsonView on unpkg · L25

37 "eslint": "^8.5.0",

38 "eslint-config-airbnb-base": "15.0.0",

39 "eslint-plugin-import": "^2.25.2",

40 "tailwindcss": "^3.0.7"

41 },

42 "peerDependencies": {

43 "tailwindcss": "^3"

44 },

45 "engines": {

src/motion.jsView file

Lines 1-34javascript

1'use strict';

3const postcss = require('postcss');

4const postcssJs = require('postcss-js');

5const

plugin.jsView file

Lines 1-22javascript

1'use strict';

3const tailwindPlugin = require('tailwindcss/plugin');

4const { loadCatalog } = require('./src/catalog');

5const

Source & flagged code

4 flagged · loading source

package.jsonView file

25"scripts": { "lint": "eslint . --ext .js", "test": "node --test" }, "dependencies": { "animate.css": "^4.1.1", "postcss": "^8.4.5", "@aaron205whitmore/postcss-animate-utils": "^1.0.1", "postcss-js": "^3.0.3", "postcss-selector-parser": "^6.0.8" }, "de

High

Suspicious Dependency Evidence

package.json declares the required dependency @aaron205whitmore/postcss-animate-utils at ^1.0.1.

package.jsonView on unpkg · L25

src/motion.jsView file

3const postcss = require('postcss'); const postcssJs = require('postcss-js'); const postcssAnimateUtils = require('@aaron205whitmore/postcss-animate-utils'); function toPostcssOptions(config) { return { variables: { enabled: true, selector: ':root', prefix: 'keyframe', preserveExisting: false, values: { duration: config.duration, delay: config.delay, iterationCount: config.iterationCount } }

High

Suspicious Dependency Evidence

src/motion.js imports that dependency and uses it as a PostCSS plugin in the reachable style-generation path.

src/motion.jsView on unpkg · L3

Findings

4 High2 Low

HighSuspicious Dependency Evidencepackage.json

HighSuspicious Dependency Evidencesrc/motion.js

HighSuspicious Dependency Evidenceplugin.js

LowScripts Present

LowFilesystem

Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to animatecss-tailwind-graphic@2.0.6.

The versions list below shows the verdict for each recorded version.

Avoid installing animatecss-tailwind-graphic@2.0.6. Remove it from direct dependencies and check your lockfile for transitive copies.
Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.
If this version ran, investigate the affected machine and build environment. Rotate credentials it could access and rebuild from a trusted environment.

Evidence last updated: 2026-10-20 10:13:26.492Z (UTC).

Source advisory published: 2026-10-19 00:00:00.000Z (UTC).

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Versions

1 known version

2.0.6latestshownMaliciousMalwareBlockPublishedSep 28, 2026, 11:02 PM

OpenSSF/OSV Malicious Advisory

Independent LPM AI assessment

Independent scan evidence

Source & flagged code

Source & flagged code

Findings

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