registry / Malware / animatecss-tailwind-luminary

animatecss-tailwind-luminary

A configurable, namespaced Animate.css integration for Tailwind CSS

This report shows the evidence for animatecss-tailwind-luminary@2.0.7. 2 of 2 known versions are blocked or flagged. See all versions.

OpenSSF/OSV Malicious Advisory

imported 3d ago · by OpenSSF/OSV

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-18071 confirms this npm version as malicious.

Advisory

MAL-2026-18071

Source

OpenSSF Malicious Packages via OSV

Summary

Malicious code in animatecss-tailwind-luminary (npm)

Details

animatecss-tailwind-luminary (2.0.6, 2.0.7) 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 cypherbyte 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 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 package's inspected source implements a Tailwind CSS plugin, but it invokes a declared runtime dependency whose source was unavailable for review. Because that dependency's behavior cannot be resolved, the package cannot be marked clean from this inspection.

Static reason

No blocking static signals were detected.

Trigger

Using the exported Tailwind plugin to build styles.

Impact

The helper's behavior cannot be assessed from the inspected source, so its runtime risk remains unknown.

Mechanism

The plugin invokes the unavailable helper as a PostCSS plugin while generating motion styles.

AI rationale

Evidence

package.jsonsrc/motion.js

Independent scan evidence

public snapshot

AI called this Manual Review at 84.0% confidence as Unknown with medium false-positive risk.

AI review observations

package.json declares @jasperquinn/postcss-motion-helpers as a runtime dependency.
src/motion.js loads that dependency and invokes it as a PostCSS plugin when building motion styles.
plugin.js reaches style building through the exported Tailwind plugin.

Evidence against

The inspected package code uses the helper to process CSS, but the helper source was unavailable for review.

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

6 flagged

package.jsonView file

Lines 1-49json

2 "name": "animatecss-tailwind-luminary",

3 "version": "2.0.7",

4 "description": "A configurable, namespaced Animate.css integration for Tailwind CSS",

5 "main": "plugin.js",

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

7 "files": [

8 "plugin.js",

9 "src",

10 "README.md",

11 "LICENSE"

12 ],

13 "homepage": "https://github.com/cypherbytemini/animatecss-tailwind-luminary/",

High

Suspicious Dependency Evidence

package.json declares @jasperquinn/postcss-motion-helpers as a runtime dependency.

package.jsonView on unpkg · L5

14 "repository": "https://github.com/cypherbytemini/animatecss-tailwind-luminary/",

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 "@jasperquinn/postcss-motion-helpers": "^1.0.1",

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

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

35 },

36 "devDependencies": {

37 "eslint": "^8.5.0",

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

High

Suspicious Dependency Evidence

package.json declares @jasperquinn/postcss-motion-helpers as a runtime dependency.

package.jsonView on unpkg · L32

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

40 "tailwindcss": "^3.0.7"

41 },

42 "peerDependencies": {

43 "tailwindcss": "^3"

44 },

45 "engines": {

46 "node": ">=18"

47 }

48}

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

6 flagged · loading source

package.jsonView file

32"@jasperquinn/postcss-motion-helpers": "^1.0.1", "postcss-js": "^3.0.3", "postcss-selector-parser": "^6.0.8" }, "devDependencies": { "eslint": "^8.5.0", "

High

Suspicious Dependency Evidence

package.json declares @jasperquinn/postcss-motion-helpers as a runtime dependency.

package.jsonView on unpkg · L32

5"main": "plugin.js", "exports": "./plugin.js", "files": [ "plugin.js", "src", "README.md", "LICENSE" ], "homepage": "https://github.com/cypherbytemi

High

Suspicious Dependency Evidence

package.json declares @jasperquinn/postcss-motion-helpers as a runtime dependency.

package.jsonView on unpkg · L5

src/motion.jsView file

5const postcssAnimateUtils = require('@jasperquinn/postcss-motion-helpers'); function toPostcssOptions(config) { return { variables: { enabled: true, select

High

Findings

6 High2 Low

HighSuspicious Dependency Evidencepackage.json

HighSuspicious Dependency Evidencesrc/motion.js

HighAi Review Evidenceplugin.js

HighSuspicious Dependency Evidencepackage.json

LowScripts Present

LowFilesystem

Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to animatecss-tailwind-luminary@2.0.7.

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

Avoid installing animatecss-tailwind-luminary@2.0.7. 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 10:14:22.037Z (UTC).

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

Think this verdict is wrong? Dispute it on GitHub or read how reports are produced.

Versions

2 known versions

2.0.7latestshownMaliciousMalwareBlockPublishedSep 28, 2026, 9:08 AM 2.0.6MaliciousMalwareBlockPublishedSep 28, 2026, 8:48 AM

OpenSSF/OSV Malicious Advisory

Independent LPM AI assessment

Independent scan evidence

Source & flagged code

Source & flagged code

Findings

Affected versions and remediation

Versions

Related packages

Other malware packages

Behavioral surface

Related packages

Other malware packages

Source & flagged code