animatecss-tailwind-luminary@2.0.7
A configurable, namespaced Animate.css integration for Tailwind CSS
OpenSSF/OSV Malicious Advisory
imported 3d ago · by OpenSSF/OSVOpenSSF/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.
Independent LPM AI assessment
Manual ReviewIndependent 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
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.
Evidence
package.jsonsrc/motion.js
Independent scan evidence
public snapshotAI 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
Filesystem
Source & flagged code
6 flagged · loading sourcepackage.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 · L325"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 · L5src/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
HighSuspicious Dependency Evidencesrc/motion.js
HighAi Review Evidenceplugin.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.
See all versions of animatecss-tailwind-luminary for other recorded verdicts.
- 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.
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