@elfhkry666/baileys@0.3.24
KaelPedia fork of Baileys v7 — newsletter media fixes, interactive messages, albums, and extra message types. Based on @itsliaaa/baileys v0.3.18.
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 2d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe normal socket path automatically follows a hardcoded newsletter when the connection opens. This is an unrequested, publisher-selected account action, so the package should be blocked.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.; source matched previously finalized malicious package; routed for review; source fingerprint signature matched known malicious package; routed for review
Trigger
The first successful connection open when the normal socket is created.
Impact
The connected WhatsApp account is subscribed to that newsletter without an explicit request to follow it.
Mechanism
A connection listener decodes a fixed newsletter identifier and submits it through the newsletter follow query.
Attack narrative
On the first open connection, the package submits a follow action for a fixed newsletter identifier. The normal exported socket reaches this listener, and the request is sent to WhatsApp without a caller-selected target or consent.
AI rationale
The normal socket path automatically follows a hardcoded newsletter when the connection opens. This is an unrequested, publisher-selected account action, so the package should be blocked.
Evidence
package.jsonlib/index.jslib/Socket/index.jslib/Socket/communities.jslib/Socket/business.jslib/Socket/messages-recv.jslib/Socket/messages-send.jslib/Socket/newsletter.jslib/Types/Mex.jslib/Socket/mex.jslib/WABinary/jid-utils.js
Network endpoints1
s.whatsapp.net
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Malicious at 98.0% confidence as Malware with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for block
- The package entrypoint exports a socket constructor that reaches the newsletter socket through the normal constructor chain.
- On the first open connection, the newsletter socket decodes a fixed identifier and sends a follow query without caller-provided target or consent.
- The follow query uses the FOLLOW action and is sent to WhatsApp’s service address.
Evidence against
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkWebSocket
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
Oversized source lightweight scan
WAProto/index.js5.03 MB file, sampled 256 KB
Source & flagged code
9 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 unpkglib/WABinary/constants.jsView file
600patternName = google_api_key
severity = high
line = 600
High
High Secret
Package contains a high-severity secret pattern.
lib/WABinary/constants.jsView on unpkg · L600•matchType = normalized_sha256
matchedPackage = @elfhkry666/baileys@0.3.22
matchedPath = lib/WABinary/constants.js
matchedIdentity = npm:QGVsZmhrcnk2NjYvYmFpbGV5cw:0.3.22
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
High
Known Malware Source Similarity
Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.
lib/WABinary/constants.jsFindings
7 High4 Medium5 Low
HighInstall Time Lifecycle Scriptspackage.json
HighHigh Secretlib/WABinary/constants.js
HighSemantic Analysis LimitedWAProto/index.js
HighKnown Malware Source Similaritylib/Utils/messages-media.js
HighKnown Malware Source Similaritylib/WABinary/constants.js
HighKnown Malware Source Fingerprint Signaturelib/Utils/messages-media.js
HighSecret Patternlib/WABinary/constants.js
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumOversized Source FileWAProto/index.js
MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review
LowScripts Present
LowWeak Cryptolib/Utils/validate-connection.js
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @elfhkry666/baileys@0.3.24.
See all versions of @elfhkry666/baileys for other recorded verdicts.
- Avoid installing @elfhkry666/baileys@0.3.24. 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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