@ndikagantengg/baileys@7.0.7
A customized fork of WhiskeySockets/Baileys with additional fixes and modifications for WhatsApp automation by NdikzOne.
AI Security Review
scanned 2d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiOn every successful socket connection, the package automatically follows a hard-coded WhatsApp newsletter using the user's connected account. This is an unrequested account action toward a publisher-chosen target, 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
Trigger
A created socket receives a connection-open event.
Impact
The user's WhatsApp account is made to follow a channel they did not request.
Mechanism
After a three-second delay, the socket calls newsletterFollow with a hard-coded newsletter ID; the method sends a join request.
Attack narrative
When a WhatsApp socket connects, the package schedules a follow action for newsletter 120363428626908481@newsletter. The newsletter method submits a join request using the connected account. This runs by default on connection, without an explicit user request.
AI rationale
On every successful socket connection, the package automatically follows a hard-coded WhatsApp newsletter using the user's connected account. This is an unrequested account action toward a publisher-chosen target, so the package should be blocked.
Evidence
lib/Socket/index.jslib/Socket/newsletter.js
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Malicious at 99.0% confidence as Malware with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for block
- The preinstall hook runs a Node.js version check; its script exits only when Node is older than 20.
- Creating a socket registers a handler that schedules an action after the connection opens, once per socket.
- The handler follows the hard-coded WhatsApp newsletter 120363428626908481@newsletter without an explicit follow request.
- newsletterFollow sends a WhatsApp join request for the supplied newsletter ID.
Evidence against
- The package is a customized WhatsApp automation library, so it legitimately creates WhatsApp sockets and exposes newsletter operations.
- The install hook only checks the Node.js version.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoFilesystemNetworkShellWebSocket
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
9 flaggedpackage.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 · L600600patternName = google_api_key
severity = high
line = 600
High
Secret Pattern
Google API key in lib/WABinary/constants.js
lib/WABinary/constants.jsView on unpkg · L600Findings
6 High4 Medium5 Low
HighInstall Time Lifecycle Scriptspackage.json
HighHigh Secretlib/WABinary/constants.js
HighSemantic Analysis Limitedlib/Utils/business.js
HighKnown Malware Source Similaritylib/Utils/messages-media.js
HighSecret Patternlib/WABinary/constants.js
HighSecret Patternlib/WABinary/constants.d.ts
MediumNetwork
MediumShips Build HelperWAProto/GenerateStatics.sh
MediumOversized Source FileWAProto/index.js
MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review
LowScripts Present
LowWeak Cryptolib/Utils/validate-connection.js
LowFilesystem
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @ndikagantengg/baileys@7.0.7.
See all versions of @ndikagantengg/baileys for other recorded verdicts.
- Avoid installing @ndikagantengg/baileys@7.0.7. 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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