@ubedsockets/baileys@1.7.3
@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 package automatically follows a publisher-selected WhatsApp newsletter when a connection opens, using the account without a user request. That is an unrequested account action and supports a malicious verdict.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.; source matched previously finalized malicious package; routed for review
Trigger
The newsletter follow runs when a WhatsApp connection opens. The IP check runs when makeSocket is called.
Impact
An account may be subscribed to a target chosen by the package publisher without the user requesting it. The IP check discloses the connecting host’s public IP to ipify and restricts operation to one expected IP.
Mechanism
The connection handler checks subscription status for 120363410154606795@newsletter and sends a follow query if needed. Socket creation requests https://api.ipify.org?format=json and exits if the response differs from 20.207.192.84.
Attack narrative
When a WhatsApp connection opens, the package checks whether the account follows a hard-coded newsletter and follows it if not. This uses the user’s account for an action toward a target selected by the publisher. Socket creation also sends a public-IP lookup to ipify and terminates the process unless the IP matches a hard-coded address.
AI rationale
The package automatically follows a publisher-selected WhatsApp newsletter when a connection opens, using the account without a user request. That is an unrequested account action and supports a malicious verdict.
Evidence
lib/Socket/newsletter.jslib/Socket/socket.jslib/index.js
Network endpoints2
api.ipify.org?format=jsonWhatsApp newsletter protocol
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Malicious at 98.0% confidence as Malware with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for block
- When a WhatsApp connection opens, the package checks a publisher-selected newsletter and follows it if the account is not already subscribed.
- Creating a socket also calls api.ipify.org and exits if the public IP differs from a hard-coded address.
- Importing the main entry point exits unless the working directory starts with /home/container.
Evidence against
- The preinstall hook only checks the Node.js major version and exits on versions below 20.
- Newsletter queries use the package’s WhatsApp socket protocol.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsEvalFilesystemNetworkWebSocket
HighEntropyStringsMinifiedPossibleObfuscationUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
11 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
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 · L603Findings
6 High7 Medium6 Low
HighInstall Time Lifecycle Scriptspackage.json
HighHigh Secretlib/WABinary/constants.js
HighSemantic Analysis LimitedWAProto/index.js
HighKnown Malware Source Similaritylib/Utils/messages-media.js
HighKnown Malware Source Similaritylib/Utils/messages.js
HighSecret Patternlib/WABinary/constants.js
MediumUnsafe Vm Contextlib/Voip/wasm-engine.js
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumShips Wasm Modulelib/assets/wasm/whatsapp.wasm
MediumShips Build Helperlib/Signal/libsignalnode/generate-proto.sh
MediumOversized Source FileWAProto/index.js
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @ubedsockets/baileys@1.7.3.
See all versions of @ubedsockets/baileys for other recorded verdicts.
- Avoid installing @ubedsockets/baileys@1.7.3. 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.
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