@ubedsockets/baileys@1.7.11
@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 14h ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe package automatically follows a hard-coded WhatsApp newsletter when a user connection opens, using the user's authenticated account for an action selected by the publisher. This meets the account-action rule for malicious behavior.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.; source matched previously finalized malicious package; routed for review
Trigger
The WhatsApp connection opens after socket creation.
Impact
Uses the user's authenticated account to subscribe to a target chosen by the publisher.
Mechanism
The package checks whether the hard-coded newsletter is followed and sends a FOLLOW query when it is not.
Attack narrative
When the authenticated WhatsApp connection opens, the newsletter socket checks a publisher-selected newsletter and sends a follow request if needed. The message socket constructs this newsletter socket as part of the regular connection path, so the account action does not require a separate follow request from the user.
AI rationale
The package automatically follows a hard-coded WhatsApp newsletter when a user connection opens, using the user's authenticated account for an action selected by the publisher. This meets the account-action rule for malicious behavior.
Evidence
lib/Socket/newsletter.jslib/Socket/messages-send.jslib/Defaults/index.js
Network endpoints1
web.whatsapp.com
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Malicious at 94.0% confidence as Malware with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for block
- On connection open, the newsletter socket checks a hard-coded newsletter ID and sends a FOLLOW query if the account is not already subscribed.
- The message socket constructs the newsletter socket, placing this behavior on the normal socket creation path.
- The default WhatsApp WebSocket connects to web.whatsapp.com.
Evidence against
- package.json has no lifecycle scripts, so the behavior is not triggered during installation.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsEvalFilesystemNetworkWebSocket
HighEntropyStringsMinifiedPossibleObfuscationUrlStrings
GitDependency
Source & flagged code
11 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 · L603lib/Utils/messages-media.jsView file
•matchType = normalized_sha256
matchedPackage = @ubedsockets/baileys@1.7.12
matchedPath = lib/Utils/messages-media.js
matchedIdentity = npm:QHViZWRzb2NrZXRzL2JhaWxleXM:1.7.12
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
High
Known Malware Source Similarity
Findings
6 High8 Medium4 Low
HighHigh Secretlib/WABinary/constants.js
HighSemantic Analysis Limitedlib/Socket/messages-send.js#virtual:normalized:round1
HighKnown Malware Source Similaritylib/Utils/messages-media.js
HighKnown Malware Source Similaritylib/Utils/messages.js
HighSecret Patternlib/WABinary/constants.js
HighSecret Patternlib/WABinary/constants.d.ts
MediumUnsafe Vm Contextlib/Voip/wasm-engine.js
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumShips Wasm Modulelib/assets/wasm/whatsapp.wasm
MediumShips Build HelperWAProto/GenerateStatics.sh
MediumOversized Source FileWAProto/index.js
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @ubedsockets/baileys@1.7.11.
See all versions of @ubedsockets/baileys for other recorded verdicts.
- Avoid installing @ubedsockets/baileys@1.7.11. 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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