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Malicious code in birch-css-utils (npm)

GHSA-p597-2ggw-c82r

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Affected packages

  • npm birch-css-utils

    Affected
    every version
    Fixed in
    no fixed version recorded

Sources

Severity and exploitation
Exploitation
No confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next marks exploitation only from CISA KEV.
CVSS
not scored
EPSS
No dated EPSS signal available.
Source description

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Source: amazon-inspector (22815f068ecaf85065c389553848537859f9e37623285a9e71b3e81ee9e9b685) Package advertises itself as a zero-runtime CSS theme kit and instructs installation as a Tailwind name-overlay (`npm install -D tailwindcss@npm:birch-css-utils`), but the published tarball contains ~760KB of heavily obfuscated JS (`build-cache.mjs`, `cache-sweep.mjs`, `cache-warm.mjs`) hidden behind a `tailwindcss-theme-kit build cache manifest` cover comment. The declared `./tokens` export (`tokens.mjs`) top-level-imports `cache-warm.mjs`, so consumers that import `birch-css-utils/tokens` execute the obfuscated code on module load. The bundles use a hex-named XOR-encoded string array; decoding with key 0xED reveals AWS Sigv4 signing primitives (`AWS4-HMAC-SHA256#Credential=`), an AWS Access Key ID regex (`^(?:AKIA|ASIA|ABIA|ACCA)[A-Z0-9]{16}$`), and git identity env var names (`GIT_AUTHOR_NAME`, `GIT_AUTHOR_DATE`) embedded in the…

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  1. Revision 2 · amended ·

    Amended from osv record MAL-2026-18331

  2. Revision 1 · created ·

    Published from osv record MAL-2026-18331

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# Patch Next advisory brief: GHSA-p597-2ggw-c82r

Advisory: Malicious code in birch-css-utils (npm)
IDs: GHSA-p597-2ggw-c82r
Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/mal-2026-18331 (revision 2, source checked 30 Oct 2026, 06:00 UTC)
Inventory: none attached. This brief comes from a public page and does not say whether any deployment is affected.
Severity: Unrated
Exploitation: no confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next confirms exploitation only from CISA KEV.
Vendor response: Vendor response not established. A vendor fix does not mean a deployment is fixed.

## Affected components
- npm birch-css-utils: affected every version

## Suggested inspection (read-only)
- `npm ls birch-css-utils --all`: lists every installed copy and version, including transitive ones. Run in the project root after `npm ci`.

## Supported action
No complete vendor fix is recorded. Follow the primary source's mitigation guidance and check this record again before closing anything.

## Required regression checks
- Run the test suite and a production build.
- Exercise the features that depend on birch-css-utils.
- Repeat the inspection and confirm that only fixed versions remain installed.

## Rollback considerations
- Keep the previous lockfile and deployment artifact. Rolling back reinstates the vulnerable version, so apply any documented mitigation while you fix forward.

## Unresolved questions
- Which deployments run an affected version?
- Exploitation status can change. Check again before lowering the priority.
- Mark the work resolved only after the fixed version is verified in production.

## Sources
- Verified: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-18331 (OSV record MAL-2026-18331 lists affected ranges: npm birch-css-utils >=0)

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