MAL-2026-18076

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    MAL-2026-18076

    Published: 19 Oct 2026Last Modified: 29 Oct 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in signalledger-diagnostics (npm)

    Details: signalledger-diagnostics (2.0.6) is a Tailwind CSS plugin from the fake job interview campaign behind MAL-2026-17665 and MAL-2026-17666: the same Animate.css integration template, README and description, published by scott-rogers on 2026-09-28. src/motion.js:5 requires the private scoped package @aaron205whitmore/postcss-animate-utils, which is not readable on the public registry and resolves only with the npm token committed in the lure repository's web/.npmrc, so the code it delivers runs when tailwind.config.js loads the plugin and the dev server starts. The published tarball contains no install scripts and no network code; the payload lives in the private dependency, which was not retrieved. Twenty-six such packages under seventeen accounts were published between 2026-07-28 and 2026-10-09. Source: amazon-inspector (4af28bf310d9481492ae6083ba4c5c3d7e44c85f8b185fd18e44e923543ad20a) The package contains 8 files with no a static rule matches and no traced install-time or import-time behavior indicating exfiltration, remote code execution, credential access, silent-relay, backdoor, or dependency-chain dropper patterns. No lifecycle-script or top-level module behavior of concern was identified in the shipped contents.

    References: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-17665, https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-17666, https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-17667, https://pkgwarden.com/incidents/fake-interview-tailwind-plugins-npm-october-2026/, https://www.npmjs.com/package/signalledger-diagnostics/v/2.0.6

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: signalledger-diagnostics

    Purl: pkg:npm/signalledger-diagnostics

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.0.6