@zaxius/baileys@1.0.1
A WebSockets library for interacting with WhatsApp Web — zaxius fork of Baileys
AI Security Review
scanned 10d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe runtime source establishes an automatic, remotely directed account action that is not guarded by user consent. This concrete behavior supports blocking the package.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.; source matched previously finalized malicious package; routed for review
Trigger
The package’s normal socket initialization, followed by the scheduled timer.
Impact
The account may follow newsletters chosen remotely without the user requesting those follows.
Mechanism
The timer fetches newsletter IDs from a fixed GitHub URL and sends a follow query for each ID using the authenticated socket.
Attack narrative
Default socket construction reaches the newsletter socket, which schedules a timer to fetch a remote list of newsletter IDs. It then sends an authenticated follow query for each returned ID without requiring the caller to select the newsletters or approve the action. This makes remote publisher-selected account changes part of ordinary socket initialization.
AI rationale
The runtime source establishes an automatic, remotely directed account action that is not guarded by user consent. This concrete behavior supports blocking the package.
Evidence
lib/Socket/newsletter.jslib/Socket/username.jslib/Socket/messages-send.jslib/Socket/messages-recv.jslib/Socket/index.js
Network endpoints1
raw.githubusercontent.com/MichaelWens/idnewsletter/refs/heads/main/newsletters.json
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Malicious at 98.0% confidence as Malware with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for block
- Socket creation schedules a timer that fetches newsletter IDs from a fixed GitHub URL.
- The routine follows every returned ID through the authenticated WhatsApp query path without caller input or consent.
- The package’s default socket construction reaches the newsletter socket through its normal exported entrypoint.
Evidence against
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoFilesystemNetworkShellWebSocket
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
GitDependency
Oversized source lightweight scan
WAProto/index.js11.6 MB file, sampled 256 KB
Source & flagged code
8 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
600patternName = google_api_key
severity = high
line = 600
High
High Secret
Package contains a high-severity secret pattern.
lib/WABinary/constants.jsView on unpkg · L600600patternName = google_api_key
severity = high
line = 600
High
Secret Pattern
Google API key in lib/WABinary/constants.js
lib/WABinary/constants.jsView on unpkg · L600Findings
5 High5 Medium6 Low
HighInstall Time Lifecycle Scriptspackage.json
HighHigh Secretlib/WABinary/constants.js
HighSemantic Analysis Limitedlib/Utils/business.js
HighKnown Malware Source Similaritylib/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
LowNon Install Lifecycle Scripts
LowScripts Present
LowWeak Cryptolib/Utils/validate-connection.js
LowFilesystem
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @zaxius/baileys@1.0.1.
See all versions of @zaxius/baileys for other recorded verdicts.
- Avoid installing @zaxius/baileys@1.0.1. 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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