npm · Malicious package advisory
Malware@tailwind-core/postcss
MAL-2026-4450
Malicious code in @tailwind-core/postcss (npm)
Details
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## Source: amazon-inspector (1dab944715339b0fabcf954a92fd33faacbb4d878368c36ea5a7d26d72fe2e56)
Package name @tailwind-core/postcss is a one-character-class edit of the official @tailwindcss/postcss (Tailwind CSS v4 PostCSS plugin), published under the unrelated @tailwind-core scope by GitHub user QaLemos with homepage tailwind-core.com. The package's main entry dist/index.js performs require("@tailwind-core/node") and require("@tailwind-core/oxide") — both typosquats of the legitimate @tailwindcss/node and @tailwindcss/oxide siblings — and declares them as version-pinned dependencies (4.3.0), so installing this package silently pulls the attacker-controlled @tailwind-core/* family into the consumer's dependency tree. Whatever code those siblings contain auto-executes when the PostCSS plugin is loaded by a consumer's build. The README compounds the deception by displaying npm/version/downloads/license badges sourced from tailwindlabs/tailwindcss while linking issue/discussion targets back to QaLemos/tailwind-core, presenting metrics of the legitimate project as if they belonged to this fork.
Compromised versions (1)
- 4.3.0
Any computer that installed or ran a compromised version should be considered fully compromised. Rotate every secret on that machine from a clean environment.