MAL-2026-5935 Malicious code in tw-theme-kit (npm)

Malicious package Published
Package
tw-theme-kit
Registry
npm

What is MAL-2026-5935?

MAL-2026-5935 is a malicious package in tw-theme-kit, published on 16 Jun 2026.

Official description

The published entrypoints dist/index.cjs and dist/runtime.cjs contain an injected IIFE that assigns global.r = require and global.m = module, tags the host with campaign id 'A6-Orion-271', uses a string-shuffle helper to reconstruct the identifier 'constructor', then invokes Function() on a deshuffled obfuscated blob and immediately calls the resulting function. Any consumer that does require('tw-theme-kit') or import 'tw-theme-kit/runtime' triggers attacker-controlled code at load time with full Node capabilities (fs, child_process, net) exposed via the globals. This behavior is unrelated to the package's stated purpose (a Tailwind theme plugin) and matches the fingerprint of the 'Orion' obfuscated-loader campaign. The.mjs builds and source-maps embed the same obfuscated literal, so no entrypoint is safe.

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.

What should I do about MAL-2026-5935?

Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-g2wq-vjqj-xc3h.

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