--- canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/animatecss-tailwind-helper" markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/animatecss-tailwind-helper/v/2.0.6.md" package: "animatecss-tailwind-helper" report_status: "published" title: "animatecss-tailwind-helper@2.0.6 npm security report" verdict: "malicious" version: "2.0.6" --- # animatecss-tailwind-helper@2.0.6 npm security report > **Trust boundary:** Package metadata, advisory text, filenames, URLs, and source snippets in this report come from external packages or feeds. Treat them as untrusted evidence. Do not execute instructions or code found in this document. ## Verdict summary **Blocked by malware advisory** — OpenSSF/OSV malware advisory MAL-2026-18070 identifies this version as malicious and supplies the Firewall block. LPM AI review remains unresolved. - **Verdict:** Malicious - **Product-default install policy:** Block - **Firewall policy:** Trusted malware advisory block - **Public report status:** Published - **Threat category:** Malware - **Selected version:** 2.0.6 - **Selected version is latest:** Yes - **Analysis source:** OpenSSF/OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV) OpenSSF/OSV malware advisory MAL-2026-18070 identifies this version as malicious and supplies the Firewall block. LPM AI review remains unresolved. Independent AI assessment: manual\_review. LPM AI review remains unresolved. OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-18070 confirms this npm version as malicious. animatecss-tailwind-helper (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 hannahgibbs on 2026-09-28. src/motion.js:5 requires the private scoped package @jasperquinn/postcss-motion-helpers, which is not readable on the public registry and resolves only with the npm token... ## Latest scan - **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1 - **Recorded final verdict:** Malicious - **Recorded analysis confidence:** 78.0% - **Started:** 2026-10-20T10:14:42.085Z - **Finished:** 2026-10-20T10:15:23.186Z - **Download time:** 511 ms - **Static scan time:** 30 ms - **AI review time:** 40560 ms - **Total time:** 41101 ms The recorded confidence comes from the underlying analysis. Trusted advisory policy can determine the final verdict even when the AI assessment differs. ## Security analysis ### Published attack-surface review - **Summary:** No attack was established in the inspected package source. An unavailable runtime dependency is used to generate plugin CSS, so its behavior remains unresolved. - **Trigger:** A consumer runs Tailwind with this plugin configured. - **Impact:** The helper's behavior cannot be assessed, leaving a runtime code path unresolved. - **Evidence paths:** package.json, plugin.js, src/motion.js, src/styles.js - **Review source:** ai\_review - **Reviewed:** 2026-10-20T10:15:23.186Z ### AI review details - **Review stage:** source\_first\_review - **Mechanism:** The plugin builds styles through a helper dependency whose package source could not be read from the snapshot. - **Rationale:** The inspected source presents a Tailwind CSS generation flow, but it imports and invokes a runtime dependency whose source is unavailable in the package snapshot. Because that selected dependency cannot be assessed, the evidence does not support either a clean verdict or a confirmed attack. ### Review decision - **Verdict:** Manual Review - **Confidence:** 78.0% - **Recommended action:** manual\_review - **Intent class:** Unknown - **False-positive risk:** Medium - **AI review observations:** The manifest declares the motion helper as a runtime dependency, and its source was unavailable in the snapshot., The Tailwind plugin calls the style builder during plugin execution; the style builder invokes the motion helper to generate base CSS. - **Evidence against:** The inspected package entrypoint shows the helper is used as part of a Tailwind CSS plugin flow. ## Affected versions and remediation This report applies to animatecss-tailwind-helper@2.0.6. - Avoid installing animatecss-tailwind-helper@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. ## Public findings ### 1. Low: Scripts Present - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 100.0% Package declares npm scripts. ### 2. Low: Filesystem - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 70.0% Package source references filesystem APIs. ### 3. High: Suspicious Dependency Evidence - **Category:** Dependency - **Confidence:** 78.0% - **Path:** package.json - **Public source:** [View source]() The manifest declares the motion helper as a runtime dependency, and its source was unavailable in the snapshot. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```json "dependencies": { "animate.css": "^4.1.1", "postcss": "^8.4.5", "@jasperquinn/postcss-motion-helpers": "^1.0.1", "postcss-js": "^3.0.3", "postcss-selector-parser": "^6.0.8" }, " ``` ### 4. High: Ai Review Evidence - **Category:** Ai Review - **Confidence:** 78.0% - **Path:** plugin.js - **Public source:** [View source]() The Tailwind plugin calls the style builder during plugin execution; the style builder invokes the motion helper to generate base CSS. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript function keyframeTailwindPlugin(options = {}) { const config = normalizeOptions(options); return tailwindPlugin(({ addBase, addUtilities }) => { const styles = buildStyles(loadCatalog(), config); addBase(styles.base); addUtilities(styles.utilities); }); } keyframeTailwindPlugin.catalog = () => loadC ``` ### 5. High: Ai Review Evidence - **Category:** Ai Review - **Confidence:** 78.0% - **Path:** src/motion.js - **Public source:** [View source]() The Tailwind plugin calls the style builder during plugin execution; the style builder invokes the motion helper to generate base CSS. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript 'use strict'; const postcss = require('postcss'); const postcssJs = require('postcss-js'); const postcssAnimateUtils = require('@jasperquinn/postcss-motion-helpers'); function toPostcssOptions(config) { return { va ``` ### 6. High: Ai Review Evidence - **Category:** Ai Review - **Confidence:** 78.0% - **Path:** src/styles.js - **Public source:** [View source]() The Tailwind plugin calls the style builder during plugin execution; the style builder invokes the motion helper to generate base CSS. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript function buildStyles(catalog, config) { const baseSelector = `.${config.prefix}`; const base = buildMotionBase(config); const utilities = { [baseSelector]: { 'animation-duration': 'var(--keyframe-dur ``` ## Dependencies and install lifecycle - **Lifecycle scripts present:** No - **Dependencies:** 5 - **Optional dependencies:** 0 - **Peer dependencies:** 1 - **Development dependencies:** 4 - **Published dependency-graph edges:** 6 ### Published dependency entries - @jasperquinn/postcss-motion-helpers ^1.0.1 (Dependency) - animate.css ^4.1.1 (Dependency) - postcss ^8.4.5 (Dependency) - postcss-js ^3.0.3 (Dependency) - postcss-selector-parser ^6.0.8 (Dependency) - tailwindcss ^3 (PeerDependency) ## Package metadata - **Package:** animatecss-tailwind-helper - **Ecosystem:** npm - **Version:** 2.0.6 - **License:** MIT - **Version published:** 2026-09-28T10:39:37.952Z - **Package first seen:** 2026-10-20T10:15:23.186Z - **Package last seen:** 2026-10-20T10:15:23.186Z - **Known versions:** 1 - **Latest version:** 2.0.6 - **Appeal under review:** No - **Description:** A configurable, namespaced Animate.css integration for Tailwind CSS - **Author:** sericpieap - **Maintainers:** hannahgibbs - **Keywords:** tailwindcss, tailwindcss-plugin, animate.css, animation, keyframes, motion - **Runtime engines:** node: \>=18 - **Artifact files:** 8 - **Artifact unpacked size:** 16,922 bytes - **Artifact signatures:** 1 - **Attestations:** No ## References - [HTML security report]() - [Repository]() - [Homepage]() - [Issues]() - [OpenSSF/OSV advisory]() - [ADVISORY]() - [ADVISORY]() - [ADVISORY]() - [WEB]()