@nerxa/socketon@1.21.0
Nerxa socket / modded Baileys — interactive message, album, messageBuilder, newsletter, VoIP
AI Security Review
scanned 4h ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe package automatically follows publisher-selected WhatsApp channels after a socket connects, using the user's account without an explicit request. This is a concrete unauthorized account action; the preinstall hook itself only enforces the Node.js version requirement.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.; source matched previously finalized malicious package; routed for review
Trigger
A user creates the package's socket and it reaches an open connection; the action runs 30 seconds later.
Impact
The user's WhatsApp account can be made to follow channels selected by the package publisher or the remote list maintainer without the user's request.
Mechanism
The package fetches a JSON list from raw.githubusercontent.com/noxXza/data and issues a WhatsApp newsletter follow request for each valid ID.
Attack narrative
When the WhatsApp connection opens, the package waits 30 seconds, fetches a remote list of newsletter IDs, and follows each valid ID using the connected account. The publisher or remote list maintainer therefore selects account actions that happen without the user's request.
AI rationale
The package automatically follows publisher-selected WhatsApp channels after a socket connects, using the user's account without an explicit request. This is a concrete unauthorized account action; the preinstall hook itself only enforces the Node.js version requirement.
Evidence
src/Socket/newsletter.jssrc/Socket/messages-send.js
Network endpoints2
raw.githubusercontent.comWhatsApp newsletter service
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Malicious at 99.0% confidence as Malware with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for block
- On an open WhatsApp connection, the package schedules automatic channel following after 30 seconds.
- It fetches channel IDs from raw.githubusercontent.com and follows each returned @newsletter ID without a user request.
- The preinstall script only checks whether Node.js is version 20 or newer.
Evidence against
- The package is a WhatsApp socket and message library, so newsletter support is within its stated purpose.
- The install hook checks the Node.js version and does not perform network or account actions.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsEvalFilesystemNetworkWebSocket
HighEntropyStringsMinifiedPossibleObfuscationUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
10 flaggedpackage.jsonView file
•scripts.preinstall = node ./engine-requirements.js
High
Install Time Lifecycle Scripts
Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.
package.jsonView on unpkgsrc/Voip/worker-bootstrap.jsView file
336const code = fs.readFileSync(url, "utf8");
L337: eval(code);
L338: }
Low
Eval
Package source references a known benign dynamic code generation pattern.
src/Voip/worker-bootstrap.jsView on unpkg · L336src/Utils/auth-store.jsView file
17try {
L18: const mod = await import(name);
L19: return mod.default ?? mod;
Findings
4 High7 Medium6 Low
HighInstall Time Lifecycle Scriptspackage.json
HighSemantic Analysis LimitedWAProto/index.js
HighKnown Malware Source Similaritysrc/Voip/audio-feeder.js
HighKnown Malware Source Similaritysrc/Voip/video-feeder.js
MediumDynamic Requiresrc/Utils/auth-store.js
MediumUnsafe Vm Contextsrc/Voip/wasm-engine.js
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumShips Wasm Modulesrc/assets/wasm/whatsapp.wasm
MediumOversized Source FileWAProto/index.js
MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review
LowScripts Present
LowEvalsrc/Voip/worker-bootstrap.js
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @nerxa/socketon@1.21.0.
See all versions of @nerxa/socketon for other recorded verdicts.
- Avoid installing @nerxa/socketon@1.21.0. 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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