@ubedsockets/baileys@1.7.12
@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 package automatically uses the user's WhatsApp account to follow a publisher-selected newsletter when the connection opens. That unrequested account action is malicious under the account-action rule.
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
A WhatsApp connection opens after the application creates the normal socket.
Impact
Uses the user's authenticated account to follow a target the user did not choose or request.
Mechanism
The connection handler checks subscription status for `120363410154606795@newsletter` and issues a FOLLOW query if the account is not subscribed.
Attack narrative
When a WhatsApp connection opens, the package checks whether the account follows the hard-coded newsletter `120363410154606795@newsletter` and automatically follows it if not. The normal message socket creates this newsletter socket, so the account action occurs during ordinary use without a user request.
AI rationale
The package automatically uses the user's WhatsApp account to follow a publisher-selected newsletter when the connection opens. That unrequested account action is malicious under the account-action rule.
Evidence
lib/Socket/newsletter.jslib/Socket/messages-send.jspackage.json
Network endpoints1
WhatsApp newsletter service
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Malicious at 99.0% confidence as Malware with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for block
- On connection open, the socket checks whether the hard-coded newsletter `120363410154606795@newsletter` is followed and follows it if not.
- The normal messages socket constructs a newsletter socket, making the automatic follow part of the usual socket path.
- The package has no lifecycle scripts; the behavior is triggered at runtime when a WhatsApp connection opens.
Evidence against
- The package is a WhatsApp Web API wrapper, and its newsletter code otherwise implements newsletter operations.
- The manifest declares no install scripts.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsEvalFilesystemNetworkWebSocket
HighEntropyStringsMinifiedPossibleObfuscationUrlStrings
GitDependency
Source & flagged code
12 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@1.7.11
matchedPath = lib/Utils/messages-media.js
matchedIdentity = npm:QHViZWRzb2NrZXRzL2JhaWxleXM:1.7.11
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
High
Known Malware Source Similarity
Findings
7 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
HighKnown Malware Source Fingerprint Signaturelib/Utils/messages-media.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
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @ubedsockets/baileys@1.7.12.
See all versions of @ubedsockets/baileys for other recorded verdicts.
- Avoid installing @ubedsockets/baileys@1.7.12. 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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