@animebails/baileys@1.0.3
ron-tech whatsapp baileys modification
This package appears in our research on the malicious Baileys forks, with how it works, the full package list and what to do if you installed it.
AI Security Review
scanned 7d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe package performs an automatic, publisher-selected authenticated account action during ordinary socket setup. The preinstall hook is a Node version check, but it does not alter the confirmed runtime behavior.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.; source matched previously finalized malicious package; routed for review
Trigger
A consumer calls the exported makeWASocket constructor and the socket is created.
Impact
The account follows newsletters without the user's explicit selection.
Mechanism
A timer waits 90 seconds, then sends follow queries for hard-coded newsletter IDs.
Attack narrative
Using the package's exported socket constructor reaches code that schedules a follow operation after 90 seconds. It sends follow queries for nine hard-coded newsletter IDs without user selection or consent, causing an unauthorized change to the account's subscriptions.
AI rationale
The package performs an automatic, publisher-selected authenticated account action during ordinary socket setup. The preinstall hook is a Node version check, but it does not alter the confirmed runtime behavior.
Evidence
lib/index.jslib/Socket/index.jslib/Socket/registration.jslib/Socket/business.jslib/Socket/messages-recv.jslib/Socket/messages-send.jslib/Socket/newsletter.jslib/Types/Newsletter.js
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Malicious at 98.0% confidence as Malware with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for block
- The exported socket constructor reaches the newsletter socket during normal socket creation, activating its delayed callback.
- After 90 seconds, the callback submits follow queries for nine hard-coded newsletter IDs without caller selection or consent.
Evidence against
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoFilesystemNetworkShellWebSocket
HighEntropyStringsMinifiedUrlStrings
GitDependency
Oversized source lightweight scan
WAProto/index.js8.08 MB file, sampled 256 KB
Source & flagged code
4 flagged · loading sourcepackage.jsonView file
•scripts.preinstall = node ./engine-requirements.js
High
Install Time Lifecycle Scripts
Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.
package.jsonView on unpkgWAProto/index.jsView file
•path = WAProto/index.js
kind = oversized_source_file
sizeBytes = 8472622
magicHex = [redacted]
Medium
Oversized Source File
Package contains source files above the normal full-analysis size ceiling.
WAProto/index.jsView on unpkglib/Utils/messages-media.jsView file
•matchType = normalized_sha256
matchedPackage = ipungg-baileys@1.0.2
matchedPath = lib/Utils/messages-media.js
matchedIdentity = npm:aXB1bmdnLWJhaWxleXM:1.0.2
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
Findings
3 High4 Medium5 Low
HighInstall Time Lifecycle Scriptspackage.json
HighKnown Malware Source Similaritylib/Utils/messages-media.js
HighAi Review Evidencelib/Socket/newsletter.js
MediumNetwork
MediumOversized Source FileWAProto/index.js
MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review
MediumGit Dependency
LowNon Install Lifecycle Scripts
LowScripts Present
LowFilesystem
LowHigh Entropy Strings
LowUrl Strings
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @animebails/baileys@1.0.3.
See all versions of @animebails/baileys for other recorded verdicts.
- Avoid installing @animebails/baileys@1.0.3. Remove it from direct dependencies and check your lockfile for transitive copies.
- Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.
- If this version ran, investigate the affected machine and build environment. Rotate credentials it could access and rebuild from a trusted environment.
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