MAL-2026-15636 Malicious code in tailwindcss-forms-style (npm)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2026-15636 is a malicious package: tailwindcss-forms-style (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-2026-15636/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-15636/index.md)
- Package
- tailwindcss-forms-style
- Registry
- npm
What is MAL-2026-15636?
MAL-2026-15636 is a malicious package in tailwindcss-forms-style, published on 31 Aug 2026.
Official description
Package typosquats @tailwindcss/forms. On require('tailwindcss-forms-style'), src/index.js runs eval(atob(…)) on a base64 blob appended after module.exports. The decoded payload queries public Ethereum RPC endpoints (1rpc.io, eth.drpc.org, publicnode, blastapi, eth.blockscout.com) for the latest transaction from hardcoded address 0xa322E5f3D311D3080e6f0121063e9aDC2490Ef1a, decodes an IP address from the transaction's
to field, then fetches XOR-encrypted payloads from that host at http://<ip>:443/0x/cls and http://<ip>:443/0x/ls (XOR keys 'q4FZkxX{!h,Sr3=@' and 'y-p_>d$0B&@^1aQk'), and executes them via eval() and a detached spawn('node','-e',…) child process. Immediately after the eval runs, src/index.js rewrites itself with fs.writeFileSync(__filename,…) to remove the eval block, so later inspection of the file on disk shows only benign tailwind plugin code. The combination provides arbitrary remote code execution in the installer's Node process, a detached persistent child, an attacker-controlled command channel resilient to takedown (C2 IP rotated via on-chain transactions), and anti-forensic self-erasure.What should I do about MAL-2026-15636?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.