---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/birch-css-utils/v/1.0.0"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/birch-css-utils/v/1.0.0.md"
package: "birch-css-utils"
report_status: "published"
title: "birch-css-utils@1.0.0 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "1.0.0"
---

# birch-css-utils@1.0.0 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Blocked by malware advisory** — OpenSSF/OSV malware advisory MAL-2026-18331 identifies this version as malicious and supplies the Firewall block.

- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Block
- **Firewall policy:** Trusted malware advisory block
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** Malware
- **Selected version:** 1.0.0
- **Selected version is latest:** No
- **Analysis source:** OpenSSF/OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV)

OpenSSF/OSV malware advisory MAL-2026-18331 identifies this version as malicious and supplies the Firewall block.

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-18331 confirms this npm version as malicious. Package advertises itself as a zero-runtime CSS theme kit and instructs installation as a Tailwind name-overlay (\`npm install -D tailwindcss@npm:birch-css-utils\`), but the published tarball contains ~760KB of heavily obfuscated JS (\`build-cache.mjs\`, \`cache-sweep.mjs\`, \`cache-warm.mjs\`) hidden behind a \`tailwindcss-theme-kit build cache manifest\` cover comment. The declared \`./tokens\` export (\`tokens.mjs\`)...

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Malicious
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 100.0%
- **Started:** 2026-10-29T22:55:07.963Z
- **Finished:** 2026-10-29T22:55:08.744Z
- **Download time:** 771 ms
- **Static scan time:** 9 ms
- **AI review time:** Not available
- **Total time:** 781 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

No additional public attack-surface or AI-review details are available.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to birch-css-utils@1.0.0.

- Avoid installing birch-css-utils@1.0.0. 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

No public findings are recorded for this version.

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** No

- **Dependencies:** 0
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 0
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 0

## Package metadata
- **Package:** birch-css-utils
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Version published:** 2026-10-25T07:43:20.734Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-10-25T09:30:43.811Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-11-04T15:52:32.094Z
- **Known versions:** 6
- **Latest version:** 0.0.1-security
- **Appeal under review:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/birch-css-utils/v/1.0.0>)
- [OpenSSF/OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-18331>)
- [ADVISORY](<https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p597-2ggw-c82r>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/birch-css-utils/v/1.3.0>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/birch-css-utils/v/1.2.2>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/birch-css-utils/v/1.1.0>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/birch-css-utils/v/1.0.0>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/birch-css-utils/v/0.0.0-stage>)