tailwindcss-animotion
This report shows the evidence for tailwindcss-animotion@1.0.1, the only known version.
OpenSSF/OSV Malicious Advisory
imported 4mo ago · by OpenSSF/OSVOpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-5637 confirms this npm version as malicious.
Advisory
MAL-2026-5637
Source
OpenSSF Malicious Packages via OSV
Summary
Malicious code in tailwindcss-animotion (npm)
Details
The package's main entry (dist/index.cjs, with the same code in src/utils/helper.min.js) aliases `require` to `global.r` and `module` to `global.m`, then deobfuscates two large opaque strings via a custom character-shuffle routine and passes the result to a dynamically-resolved Function constructor (`AQq = YWG[OSN]` where OSN resolves to 'constructor'). The constructed function is invoked immediately at module load (`XZs(7942)`). Any consumer that references this package from tailwind.config.js or otherwise `require()`s it will execute the runtime-decoded code with full Node privileges and a pre-aliased `require`. A Tailwind CSS plugin (a declarative class generator) has no legitimate need for runtime code generation, global require injection, or multi-layer string obfuscation. The combination of import-time Function() execution, `global.r=require` aliasing, and custom-shuffle obfuscation of the executed bytes is the canonical shape of a dropper designed to evade static review.
## Source: ghsa-malware (96413f4c88df11bc7b9783884da8c9c18d04f8b37134ca1f8891551def09e788) Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer. The package should be removed, but as full control of the computer may have been given to an outside entity, there is no guarantee that removing the package will remove all malicious software resulting from installing it.
Source & flagged code
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Findings
1 High
HighOsv Malicious Advisory
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to tailwindcss-animotion@1.0.1.
The versions list below shows the verdict for each recorded version.
- Avoid installing tailwindcss-animotion@1.0.1. 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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Source advisory published: .
This report uses published external intelligence. The advisory does not provide a separate source-code analysis for each listed version.
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