MAL-2026-14038 Malicious code in tailwind-toolkit (npm)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2026-14038 is a malicious package: tailwind-toolkit (npm). Every version was published to cause harm.
Task:
1. Search this repository's dependency manifests and lockfiles for the package, including transitive dependencies.
2. If it is present, remove it, regenerate the lockfile with the project's package manager, and replace whatever it was used for.
3. List any CI runners, developer machines or containers that installed it, so their secrets can be rotated.
4. If the package is not used anywhere, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-14038/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-14038/index.md)
- Package
- tailwind-toolkit
- Registry
- npm
What is MAL-2026-14038?
MAL-2026-14038 is a malicious package in tailwind-toolkit, published on 14 Aug 2026.
Official description
The package presents itself as a Tailwind CSS plugin, but its default export (which runs when users register it in tailwind.config) issues an HTTPS request to a hardcoded bare-IP endpoint at 31.97.137.157:45000/icons/109 and passes the response body's
credits field into new Function(require, module, exports,...) for execution in the installer's Node process. The destination URL is assembled from split variables and disguised with CDN/icon vocabulary (an unused iconDomain map referencing cloudflare/fastly/akamai, a bearrtoken: "logo" header, a response field named credits), while the actual host is an unrelated bare IP on a non-standard port. The package also declares dependencies on @primno/dpapi (Windows DPAPI credential decryption), better-sqlite3/sqlite3 (browser cookie and Login Data databases), and node-machine-id, indicating the retrieved payload is a browser-credential stealer. The remote host and executed bytes are fully attacker-controlled and unrelated to the advertised Tailwind CSS purpose.What should I do about MAL-2026-14038?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.