registry / @sakataa/baileys / 3.0.0
@sakataa/baileys@3.0.0
A WebSockets library for interacting with Customize WhatsApp.
AI Security Review
scanned 5d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe package does not show a clear install-time or automatic account attack, but its event-message handler inserts publisher-chosen attribution metadata into messages sent by callers. This is a warning-level risk because it can misrepresent a message’s source.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.; source matched previously finalized malicious package; routed for review
Trigger
A caller invokes sendMessage with eventMessage content.
Impact
Recipients may see a misleading source attribution; no automatic action toward that newsletter was identified.
Mechanism
The event handler constructs message metadata containing a fixed newsletter ID and an AI-message flag.
AI rationale
The package does not show a clear install-time or automatic account attack, but its event-message handler inserts publisher-chosen attribution metadata into messages sent by callers. This is a warning-level risk because it can misrepresent a message’s source.
Evidence
lib/Socket/luxu.jslib/Socket/messages-send.js
Network endpoints3
graph.whatsapp.comacs.whatsapp.comwamo.whatsapp.net
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 82.0% confidence as Unknown with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- When handling an event message, the code inserts a hard-coded newsletter ID into forwarded-newsletter metadata and marks the message as AI-generated.
- The sendMessage path invokes that handler for event content, so the metadata is added when a caller sends an event message.
- The preinstall script only runs a Node.js version check.
Evidence against
- The hard-coded newsletter ID is metadata in a message addressed to the caller-supplied recipient; the inspected code does not follow or post to that newsletter.
- The package entry point prints a banner and exports library modules; no automatic message send was identified.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoFilesystemNetworkShellWebSocket
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
8 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
5 High4 Medium6 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
MediumNetwork
MediumShips Build HelperWAProto/GenerateStatics.sh
MediumOversized Source FileWAProto/index.js
MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review
LowNon Install Lifecycle Scripts
LowScripts Present
LowWeak Cryptolib/Utils/validate-connection.js
LowFilesystem
LowHigh Entropy Strings
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @sakataa/baileys@3.0.0.
See all versions of @sakataa/baileys for other recorded verdicts.
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