I found a malware hiding in my TailwindCSS config file
A developer discovered malicious obfuscated code hidden within a TailwindCSS configuration file, highlighting a supply chain security risk. The incident serves as a warning for developers to audit their project files, even those typically considered static or boilerplate.
Why it matters
This demonstrates how easily malicious code can be injected into modern web development workflows, posing significant security risks to production environments.
I almost closed the file without reading it. Three days later I was killing processes in production at 2am, rotating every credential I own, and staring at a git commit with my name on it that I never made. If you’ve got an active Node project, you’ll probably want to check it before you finish reading this.
The article is a technical account of a security incident and provides a warning to the developer community.
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