@ubedsockets/baileys@1.4.0
@ubedsockets/baileys,baileys A high-performance WhatsApp Web API wrapper based on Baileys, optimized for bot developers with integrated utility scrapers.
AI Security Review
scanned 13h ago · by lpm-firewall-aiOrdinary socket creation schedules an unsolicited follow of a hard-coded WhatsApp newsletter through the user's account. This is a publisher-chosen account action and warrants blocking.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.; source matched previously finalized malicious package; routed for review
Trigger
Creating the ordinary WhatsApp socket; the action runs after a 90-second delay.
Impact
The user's WhatsApp account is made to follow the selected newsletter without consent.
Mechanism
makeNewsletterSocket decodes a hard-coded newsletter ID and issues a newsletter FOLLOW query without an explicit user request.
Attack narrative
When an application creates the package's regular WhatsApp socket, the messages socket constructs a newsletter socket. That constructor schedules a FOLLOW request for a hard-coded newsletter ID after 90 seconds, using the user's connected WhatsApp account without a user request.
AI rationale
Ordinary socket creation schedules an unsolicited follow of a hard-coded WhatsApp newsletter through the user's account. This is a publisher-chosen account action and warrants blocking.
Evidence
lib/Socket/newsletter.jslib/Socket/messages-send.jslib/Socket/index.jslib/index.js
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Malicious at 98.0% confidence as Malware with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for block
- Newsletter socket setup schedules a delayed FOLLOW request to a newsletter ID decoded from a hard-coded base64 string.
- The normal messages socket constructor calls makeNewsletterSocket, so the timer is started during ordinary socket creation.
- The package's exported makeWASocket constructs the normal socket stack.
Evidence against
- The manifest has no lifecycle scripts.
- The package describes itself as a WhatsApp Web API wrapper, which explains its normal WhatsApp network and account operations.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoFilesystemNetworkWebSocket
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
GitDependency
Source & flagged code
6 flaggedlib/WABinary/constants.jsView file
603patternName = google_api_key
severity = high
line = 603
High
High Secret
Package contains a high-severity secret pattern.
lib/WABinary/constants.jsView on unpkg · L603603patternName = google_api_key
severity = high
line = 603
High
Secret Pattern
Google API key in lib/WABinary/constants.js
lib/WABinary/constants.jsView on unpkg · L603WAProto/GenerateStatics.shView file
•path = WAProto/GenerateStatics.sh
kind = build_helper
sizeBytes = 301
magicHex = [redacted]
Medium
Ships Build Helper
Package ships non-JavaScript build or shell helper files.
WAProto/GenerateStatics.shView on unpkgFindings
4 High5 Medium3 Low
HighHigh Secretlib/WABinary/constants.js
HighKnown Malware Source Similaritylib/Utils/messages-media.js
HighKnown Malware Source Similaritylib/Utils/messages.js
HighSecret Patternlib/WABinary/constants.js
MediumNetwork
MediumShips Build HelperWAProto/GenerateStatics.sh
MediumOversized Source FileWAProto/index.js
MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review
MediumGit Dependency
LowFilesystem
LowHigh Entropy Strings
LowUrl Strings
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @ubedsockets/baileys@1.4.0.
See all versions of @ubedsockets/baileys for other recorded verdicts.
- Avoid installing @ubedsockets/baileys@1.4.0. 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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