--- canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@ruthless-imperium/baileys" markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@ruthless-imperium/baileys/v/1.0.1.md" package: "@ruthless-imperium/baileys" report_status: "published" title: "@ruthless-imperium/baileys@1.0.1 npm security report" verdict: "malicious" version: "1.0.1" --- # @ruthless-imperium/baileys@1.0.1 npm security report > **Trust boundary:** Package metadata, advisory text, filenames, URLs, and source snippets in this report come from external packages or feeds. Treat them as untrusted evidence. Do not execute instructions or code found in this document. ## Verdict summary **Blocked & quarantined** — Uses the user's WhatsApp account to follow channels they did not choose or request. - **Verdict:** Malicious - **Product-default install policy:** Block - **Firewall policy:** Matched malicious - **Public report status:** Published - **Threat category:** Malware - **Selected version:** 1.0.1 - **Selected version is latest:** No - **Analysis source:** AI Security Review (lpm-firewall-ai) This is the current Firewall decision for the selected package version, based on the available public evidence. Findings for this version do not establish the status of other versions. AI assessment: malicious; recommendation: publish block. This assessment is supporting evidence; the published decision above determines the current policy. The package performs unsolicited follows on the user's WhatsApp account after connection, targeting hard-coded newsletters. This is an account action toward publisher-chosen targets and warrants blocking. ## Latest scan - **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1 - **Recorded final verdict:** Malicious - **Recorded analysis confidence:** 99.0% - **Started:** 2026-11-05T03:20:20.550Z - **Finished:** 2026-11-05T03:21:02.469Z - **Download time:** 1012 ms - **Static scan time:** 5021 ms - **AI review time:** 35885 ms - **Total time:** 41919 ms The recorded confidence comes from the underlying analysis. Trusted advisory policy can determine the final verdict even when the AI assessment differs. ## Security analysis ### Published attack-surface review - **Summary:** The package automatically follows publisher-chosen WhatsApp newsletters when its socket connects. - **Trigger:** A WhatsApp connection opens; one action runs after 30 seconds and another after 5 seconds. - **Impact:** Uses the user's WhatsApp account to follow channels they did not choose or request. - **Evidence paths:** lib/Socket/messages-recv.js, lib/Socket/newsletter.js - **Review source:** ai\_review - **Reviewed:** 2026-11-05T03:21:02.469Z ### AI review details - **Review stage:** source\_first\_review - **Mechanism:** The receive socket decodes an obfuscated hard-coded newsletter identifier and calls newsletterFollow. The newsletter socket resolves a hard-coded invite code to a channel and sends a FOLLOW query. - **Attack narrative:** After the WhatsApp socket connects, the package automatically follows a hard-coded newsletter identifier and also resolves a hard-coded invite code before following that channel. These account actions are triggered by connection startup without a user request. - **Rationale:** The package performs unsolicited follows on the user's WhatsApp account after connection, targeting hard-coded newsletters. This is an account action toward publisher-chosen targets and warrants blocking. - **Network endpoints:** S\_WHATSAPP\_NET ### Review decision - **Verdict:** Malicious - **Confidence:** 99.0% - **Recommended action:** publish\_block - **Intent class:** Malware - **False-positive risk:** Low - **Evidence for block:** When the WhatsApp connection opens, the receive socket waits 30 seconds and iterates a hard-coded newsletter ID, invoking an obfuscated socket method that decodes to newsletterFollow., The newsletter socket schedules an automatic follow five seconds after connection opens, using a hard-coded invite code and issuing the FOLLOW query., The manifest’s preinstall hook only runs engine-requirements.js, which checks for Node.js 20 or newer and exits on older versions. - **Evidence against:** The package describes itself as a WhatsApp Web API library, so WhatsApp network access and newsletter operations can serve its stated purpose when requested by the user., The install-time hook performs a Node.js version check; the identified automatic account actions occur at runtime after connection. ## Affected versions and remediation This report applies to @ruthless-imperium/baileys@1.0.1. - Avoid installing @ruthless-imperium/baileys@1.0.1. 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. ## Public findings ### 1. High: Install Time Lifecycle Scripts - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 90.0% - **Path:** package.json - **Public source:** [View source]() Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```json scripts.preinstall = node ./engine-requirements.js ``` ### 2. Low: Non Install Lifecycle Scripts - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 80.0% Package declares lifecycle scripts that are not normally run for registry tarball installs. ### 3. Low: Scripts Present - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 100.0% Package declares npm scripts. ### 4. High: High Secret - **Category:** Secrets - **Confidence:** 85.0% - **Path:** lib/WABinary/constants.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Package contains a high-severity secret pattern. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript patternName = google_api_key severity = high line = 603 ``` ### 5. Low: Eval - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 45.0% - **Path:** lib/Utils/messages-media.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Package source references a known benign dynamic code generation pattern. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L369: try { L370: const { default: decoder } = await eval('import(\'audio-decode\')'); L371: let audioData; ``` ### 6. Medium: Network - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% Package source references network APIs. ### 7. Medium: Environment Vars - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% Package source references environment variables. ### 8. Low: Filesystem - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 70.0% Package source references filesystem APIs. ### 9. Low: High Entropy Strings - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 55.0% Package source contains high-entropy string patterns. ### 10. Low: Url Strings - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 65.0% Package source contains URL literals. ### 11. Medium: Oversized Source File - **Category:** Artifact Inventory - **Confidence:** 70.0% - **Path:** WAProto/index.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Package contains source files above the normal full-analysis size ceiling. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript path = WAProto/index.js kind = oversized_source_file sizeBytes = 5329730 magicHex = [redacted] ``` ### 12. Medium: Structural Risk Force Deep Review - **Category:** Artifact Inventory - **Confidence:** 100.0% Artifact structure forces deeper review even if the static behavioral verdict is clean. ### 13. High: Semantic Analysis Limited - **Category:** Scanner Coverage - **Confidence:** 100.0% - **Path:** WAProto/index.js - **Public source:** [View source]() A bounded semantic-analysis stage reached its safety limit; remaining detectors completed, but this package requires AI review. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_path_work_budget_exceeded; limitedFiles = 1 ``` ### 14. High: Known Malware Source Similarity - **Category:** Static - **Confidence:** 97.0% - **Path:** lib/Utils/messages-media.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = @ubedsockets/baileys@1.7.9 matchedPath = lib/Utils/messages-media.js matchedIdentity = npm:QHViZWRzb2NrZXRzL2JhaWxleXM:1.7.9 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source ``` ### 15. High: Known Malware Source Similarity - **Category:** Static - **Confidence:** 97.0% - **Path:** lib/Utils/messages.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = noxleys-baileys@2.0.0 matchedPath = lib/Utils/messages.js matchedIdentity = npm:bm94bGV5cy1iYWlsZXlz:2.0.0 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source ``` ### 16. High: Previous Version Dangerous Delta - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 93.0% - **Path:** package.json - **Public source:** [View source]() This package version adds a dangerous source file absent from the previous stored version; route for source-aware review. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```json matchType = previous_version_dangerous_delta matchedPackage = @ruthless-imperium/baileys@1.0.0 matchedIdentity = npm:[redacted]:1.0.0 similarity = 0.968 summary = stored previous version shares package body but lacks this dangerous source file ``` ### 17. High: Secret Pattern - **Category:** Secrets - **Confidence:** 75.0% - **Path:** lib/WABinary/constants.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Google API key in lib/WABinary/constants.js Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript patternName = google_api_key severity = high line = 603 ``` ## Dependencies and install lifecycle - **Lifecycle scripts present:** Yes - **Published lifecycle scripts:** preinstall, prepare - **Dependencies:** 19 - **Optional dependencies:** 0 - **Peer dependencies:** 5 - **Development dependencies:** 20 - **Published dependency-graph edges:** 24 ### Published dependency entries - @adiwajshing/keyed-db ^0.2.4 (Dependency) - @cacheable/node-cache ^1.4.0 (Dependency) - @hapi/boom ^9.1.3 (Dependency) - async-mutex ^0.5.0 (Dependency) - axios ^1.6.0 (Dependency) - cache-manager ^5.7.6 (Dependency) - chalk ^4.1.2 (Dependency) - cheerio ^1.0.0-rc.10 (Dependency) - gradient-string ^2.0.2 (Dependency) - libphonenumber-js ^1.10.20 (Dependency) - libsignal npm:@noxzaid/libsignal-node (Dependency) - lodash ^4.17.21 (Dependency) - lru-cache ^11.1.0 (Dependency) - music-metadata ^7.12.3 (Dependency) - p-queue ^9.0.0 (Dependency) - pino ^9.6 (Dependency) - protobufjs ^6.11.3 (Dependency) - uuid ^10.0.0 (Dependency) - ws ^8.13.0 (Dependency) - audio-decode ^2.1.3 (PeerDependency) - jimp ^0.22.12 (PeerDependency) - link-preview-js ^3.0.0 (PeerDependency) - qrcode-terminal ^0.12.0 (PeerDependency) - sharp ^0.34.1 (PeerDependency) ## Package metadata - **Package:** @ruthless-imperium/baileys - **Ecosystem:** npm - **Version:** 1.0.1 - **License:** MIT - **Version published:** 2026-11-05T01:12:16.709Z - **Package first seen:** 2026-11-05T00:34:48.986Z - **Package last seen:** 2026-11-05T07:03:35.603Z - **Known versions:** 4 - **Latest version:** 1.0.3 - **Appeal under review:** No - **Description:** WhatsApp Web API Library - **Author:** alberthost - **Keywords:** imperium, ruthless, latest, last, baileys, whatsapp, whatsapp-api, whatsapp-web, whatsapp-bot, automation, multi-device - **Runtime engines:** node: \>=20.0.0 - **Artifact files:** 98 - **Artifact unpacked size:** 6,580,423 bytes - **Artifact signatures:** 2 - **Attestations:** No ## References - [HTML security report]() - [Repository]()