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@rixxcodex/baileys@9.0.3

Websocket Whatsapp API for Node.js

AI Security Review

scanned 5d ago · by lpm-firewall-ai

Socket creation automatically schedules remotely selected WhatsApp channel subscriptions. The code conceals the channel-list URL and offers no consent gate in this execution path.

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

Creating a WhatsApp socket and keeping an authenticated connection available when the delayed task runs.

Impact

The user's account follows remotely selected channels without an explicit follow action.

Mechanism

After 80 seconds, loadBase fetches a Base64-concealed remote JSON list and sends account-authorized FOLLOW requests, spaced five seconds apart.

Attack narrative

Creating the normal socket reaches newsletter initialization, which unconditionally schedules loadBase. That function waits 80 seconds, downloads a concealed remote channel list, and uses the existing WhatsApp query function to follow each channel. The remote list determines the targets, and no user opt-in guards the automatic operation.

AI rationale

Source inspection establishes concealed, automatic account actions directed by a remote channel list. This is concrete unauthorized account manipulation, supporting a malicious verdict independently of scanner similarity hints.

Evidence

lib/Socket/index.jslib/Socket/communities.jslib/Socket/business.jslib/Socket/messages-recv.jslib/Socket/messages-send.jslib/Socket/newsletter.jslib/Utils/messages-media.js

Source & flagged code

8 flagged · loading source

lib/WABinary/constants.jsView file

601patternName = google_api_key severity = high line = 601

High

High Secret

Package contains a high-severity secret pattern.

lib/WABinary/constants.jsView on unpkg · L601

601patternName = google_api_key severity = high line = 601

High

Secret Pattern

Google API key in lib/WABinary/constants.js

lib/WABinary/constants.jsView on unpkg · L601

lib/Utils/crypto.jsView file

1//=======================================================// L2: import { createCipheriv, createDecipheriv, createHash, createHmac, randomBytes } from "crypto"; L3: import { KEY_BUNDLE_TYPE } from "../Defaults/index.js"; ... L11: return { L12: private: Buffer.from(privKey), L13: public: Buffer.from(pubKey.slice(1))

Low

Weak Crypto

Package source references weak cryptographic algorithms.

lib/Utils/crypto.jsView on unpkg · L1

lib/Utils/messages-media.jsView file

8import { Readable, Transform } from "stream"; L9: import { exec } from "child_process"; L10: import { Boom } from "@hapi/boom"; ... L35: hasher.update(data); L36: if (!fileWriteStream.write(data)) { L37: await once(fileWriteStream, "drain"); ... L67: if (typeof buffer === "string") { L68: buffer = Buffer.from(buffer.replace("data:;base64,", ""), "base64"); L69: } ... L206: } L207: if (urlStr.startsWith("http://") || urlStr.startsWith("https://")) { L208: return { stream: await getHttpStream(item.url, opts), type: "remote" };

High

Base64 Obscured Url

Source decodes a Base64-obscured HTTP endpoint at runtime.

lib/Utils/messages-media.jsView on unpkg · L8

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = @rixxcodex/baileys@9.0.1 matchedPath = lib/Utils/messages-media.js matchedIdentity = npm:QHJpeHhjb2RleC9iYWlsZXlz:9.0.1 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/Utils/messages-media.jsView on unpkg

•matchType = malicious_source_fingerprint_signature signature = 1bff03dbc179a3bf signatureType = suspicious_hashes sourceLabel = final_verdict:malicious matchedPackage = @rixxcodex/baileys@9.0.1 matchedPath = lib/Utils/messages-media.js matchedIdentity = npm:QHJpeHhjb2RleC9iYWlsZXlz:9.0.1 similarity = 1.000 shingleOverlap = 15 summary = package final verdict is malicious

High

WAProto/index.jsView file

•stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_path_work_budget_exceeded; limitedFiles = 5

High

Semantic Analysis Limited

A bounded semantic-analysis stage reached its safety limit; remaining detectors completed, but this package requires AI review.

WAProto/index.jsView on unpkg

•path = WAProto/index.js kind = oversized_source_file sizeBytes = 4263226 magicHex = [redacted]

Medium

Oversized Source File

Package contains source files above the normal full-analysis size ceiling.

WAProto/index.jsView on unpkg

Source & flagged code

8 flagged

lib/WABinary/constants.jsView file

Lines 581-621javascript

581 "044",

582 "mms_cat_v1_forward_hot_override_enabled",

583 "user_notice",

584 "ptt_waveform_send",

585 "047",

586 "Asia/Calcutta",

587 "250",

588 "md_privacy_v2",

589 "31",

590 "29",

591 "128",

592 "md_messaging_enabled",

593 "046",

594 "crypto",

595 "690",

596 "045",

597 "enc_iv",

598 "75",

599 "failure",

600 "ptt_oot_playback",

601 "AIzaSyDR5yfaG7OG8sMTUj8kfQEb8T9pN8BM6Lk",

High

High Secret

Package contains a high-severity secret pattern.

lib/WABinary/constants.jsView on unpkg · L601

High

Secret Pattern

Google API key in lib/WABinary/constants.js

lib/WABinary/constants.jsView on unpkg · L601

602 "w",

603 "048",

604 "2201",

605 "web_large_files_ui",

606 "Asia/Makassar",

607 "812",

608 "status_collapse_muted",

609 "1334",

610 "257",

611 "2HP4dm",

612 "049",

613 "patches",

614 "1290",

615 "43cY6T",

616 "America/Caracas",

617 "web_sticker_maker",

618 "campaign",

619 "ptt_pausable_enabled",

620 "33",

621 "42",

lib/Utils/crypto.jsView file

Lines 1-21javascript

1//=======================================================//

2import { createCipheriv, createDecipheriv, createHash, createHmac, randomBytes } from "crypto";

3import { KEY_BUNDLE_TYPE } from "../Defaults/index.js";

4import * as curve from "@rixxcodex/libsignal/src/curve.js";

lib/Utils/messages-media.jsView file

Lines 1-28javascript

1//=======================================================//

2import { getBinaryNodeChild, getBinaryNodeChildBuffer, jidNormalizedUser } from "../WABinary/index.js";

3import { DEFAULT_ORIGIN, MEDIA_HKDF_KEY_MAPPING, MEDIA_PATH_MAP } from "../Defaults/index.js";

4import { createReadStream, createWriteStream, promises as fs, WriteStream } from "fs";

WAProto/index.jsView file

•stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_path_work_budget_exceeded; limitedFiles = 5

High

Semantic Analysis Limited

A bounded semantic-analysis stage reached its safety limit; remaining detectors completed, but this package requires AI review.

WAProto/index.jsView on unpkg

•path = WAProto/index.js kind = oversized_source_file sizeBytes = 4263226 magicHex = [redacted]

Medium

Oversized Source File

Package contains source files above the normal full-analysis size ceiling.

WAProto/index.jsView on unpkg