OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-13355 confirms this npm version as malicious. This WhatsApp bot package ships several mechanisms that give the author persistent remote control of any installer's running instance and access to the installer's WhatsApp account. config.env and config/index.js hardcode OWNER_NUMBERS (falling back to '94726800969' when unset) that parser.js uses to set isCreator/isOwner; src/commands/filemanager.js exposes creator-gated WhatsApp commands...
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OpenSSF Malicious Packages via OSV
Summary
Malicious code in @astralcore/sl-aura (npm)
Details
This WhatsApp bot package ships several mechanisms that give the author persistent remote control of any installer's running instance and access to the installer's WhatsApp account. config.env and config/index.js hardcode OWNER_NUMBERS (falling back to '94726800969' when unset) that parser.js uses to set isCreator/isOwner; src/commands/filemanager.js exposes creator-gated WhatsApp commands (.getfile,.putfile,.mkdir,.fullzip) that read arbitrary files under the bot project root, overwrite files, and zip the entire project tree back to the remote party — giving the hardcoded author numbers full file read/write and full-tree exfiltration over WhatsApp. config/index.js also defaults MONGODB_URI to 'mongodb+srv://unity-free:unity-free@unity-free.pc6vkvw.mongodb.net/...', and src/commands/index.js persists the Baileys auth state (creds and signal keys — the full auth material for the paired WhatsApp account) into that database via useMongoDBAuthState, so an installer running with shipped defaults uploads their WhatsApp session credentials to a cluster whose credentials are controlled by the author, enabling remote account takeover. config.env additionally ships live TG_PAIR_BOT_TOKEN and TG_SUPER_BOT_TOKEN plus hardcoded TG_ADMIN_IDS; src/telegram/superBot.js polls these tokens at startup and gates commands (/pair, downloads, session management) on isAdmin() matching those hardcoded IDs, providing a second remote-control channel into every default-configured installer. The package also ships additional third-party credentials belonging to the author (Gemini API key, Gmail SMTP app password, dashboard secret/password).