@ubedsockets/baileys@1.7.5
@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 a connected user's WhatsApp account to follow a hard-coded newsletter, an account action the user did not request. The behavior is directly present in the normal socket construction path and connection-open handler.
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 the standard messages socket and then opening its WhatsApp connection.
Impact
The user's account is made to follow a channel without an explicit request.
Mechanism
The newsletter socket checks whether the account follows the hard-coded newsletter ID and issues a follow request if it does not.
Attack narrative
The standard messages socket constructs the newsletter socket. On connection open, that socket checks for a publisher-chosen newsletter and automatically follows it when the account is not subscribed. This uses the user's WhatsApp account for an unrequested action toward a target selected by the package publisher.
AI rationale
The package automatically uses a connected user's WhatsApp account to follow a hard-coded newsletter, an account action the user did not request. The behavior is directly present in the normal socket construction path and connection-open handler.
Evidence
lib/Socket/newsletter.jslib/Socket/messages-send.js
Network endpoints1
WhatsApp newsletter protocol
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Malicious at 98.0% confidence as Malware with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for block
- The manifest has no lifecycle scripts, and its main entry is lib/index.js.
- When the connection opens, newsletter.js checks a publisher-chosen newsletter and follows it if the account is not already subscribed.
- The normal messages socket constructor calls makeNewsletterSocket, so the connection handler is part of the standard socket path.
Evidence against
- The package is a WhatsApp Web API wrapper, so WhatsApp network and account operations are within its stated purpose.
- The follow action only runs after a WhatsApp connection opens and is skipped if the account already follows the newsletter.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsEvalFilesystemNetworkWebSocket
HighEntropyStringsMinifiedPossibleObfuscationUrlStrings
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@1.7.12
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
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@1.7.5.
See all versions of @ubedsockets/baileys for other recorded verdicts.
- Avoid installing @ubedsockets/baileys@1.7.5. 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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