@ubedsockets/baileys@1.6.3
@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-aiThe runtime code automatically follows a hard-coded WhatsApp newsletter when a messages socket is created. This uses the user's account for an action toward a target selected by the package publisher, so the package is malicious.
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 messages socket; the action runs after a 90-second timer.
Impact
The user's account follows a target chosen by the package publisher without an explicit request.
Mechanism
The newsletter socket decodes a hard-coded newsletter ID and sends the FOLLOW query through the WhatsApp socket.
Attack narrative
When the package creates a messages socket, it constructs a newsletter socket that starts a 90-second timer. The timer decodes a hard-coded newsletter ID and sends a FOLLOW query through the user's WhatsApp connection, causing an account action toward a publisher-chosen target without user consent.
AI rationale
The runtime code automatically follows a hard-coded WhatsApp newsletter when a messages socket is created. This uses the user's account for an action toward a target selected by the package publisher, so the package is malicious.
Evidence
lib/Socket/messages-send.jslib/Socket/newsletter.js
Network endpoints1
WhatsApp service (S_WHATSAPP_NET)
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Malicious at 99.0% confidence as Malware with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for block
- Creating the messages socket constructs the newsletter socket, which schedules an action after 90 seconds.
- The scheduled callback decodes a hard-coded newsletter ID and invokes the FOLLOW operation without user input.
- Newsletter operations are sent as WhatsApp IQ requests to the WhatsApp service.
Evidence against
- The package manifest has no lifecycle scripts.
- The package is a WhatsApp Web API wrapper, so ordinary WhatsApp network access is part of its stated purpose.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoFilesystemNetworkWebSocket
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
GitDependency
Oversized source lightweight scan
Source & flagged code
7 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
5 High5 Medium3 Low
HighHigh Secretlib/WABinary/constants.js
HighKnown Malware Source Similaritylib/Utils/messages-media.js
HighKnown Malware Source Similaritylib/Utils/messages.js
HighKnown Malware Source Fingerprint Signaturelib/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
MediumGit Dependency
LowFilesystem
LowHigh Entropy Strings
LowUrl Strings
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @ubedsockets/baileys@1.6.3.
See all versions of @ubedsockets/baileys for other recorded verdicts.
- Avoid installing @ubedsockets/baileys@1.6.3. 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.
Evidence last updated: .
Source advisory published: .
Think this verdict is wrong? Dispute it on GitHub or read how reports are produced.