charape@1.0.0
Enterprise-grade WhatsApp Web Baileys library and multi-bot runner supervisor with session crash guard.
AI Security Review
scanned 6d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe automatic postinstall hook can replace entry files in existing Baileys packages in the consumer’s project and redirect their imports to charape. This is an install-time modification of unrelated packages, so the package should be blocked.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.
Trigger
The package’s postinstall hook runs during installation when the package is inside node_modules.
Impact
Existing Baileys installations can be redirected to charape, changing which code consumers load.
Mechanism
The hook iterates over three Baileys package paths and writes proxy manifests and entry files without preserving existing package contents.
Attack narrative
During installation, the postinstall hook targets three Baileys package locations in the consumer’s node_modules. It skips a target only when that path resolves to charape itself, then writes proxy manifests and entry files into the targets. Existing Baileys package files can therefore be replaced and redirected to charape without a user command or preservation check.
AI rationale
The automatic postinstall hook can replace entry files in existing Baileys packages in the consumer’s project and redirect their imports to charape. This is an install-time modification of unrelated packages, so the package should be blocked.
Evidence
package.jsonscripts/postinstall.jsnode_modules/@whiskeysockets/baileys/package.jsonnode_modules/@adiwajshing/baileys/package.jsonnode_modules/baileys/package.json
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Malicious at 97.0% confidence as Malware with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for block
- The package runs scripts/postinstall.js automatically during installation.
- The hook targets three Baileys package paths under the consumer’s node_modules and skips only a target that resolves to charape’s own package root.
- For each target, the hook writes a proxy package.json and proxy entry files, which can replace files in an existing Baileys package without checking whether it is already installed.
Evidence against
- The hook’s comments describe the proxies as compatibility bridges for Baileys package names.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkWebSocket
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
10 flaggedpackage.jsonView file
•scripts.preinstall = node ./engine-requirements.js
High
Install Time Lifecycle Scripts
Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.
package.jsonView on unpkg•scripts.postinstall = node ./scripts/postinstall.js
Medium
Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script
Install-time lifecycle script is not statically allowlisted and needs review.
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 · L600Findings
6 High6 Medium5 Low
HighInstall Time Lifecycle Scriptspackage.json
HighHigh Secretlib/WABinary/constants.js
HighChild Processbin/charape.js
HighCommand Output Exfiltrationlib/Utils/messages-media.js
HighSemantic Analysis LimitedWAProto/index.cjs
HighSecret Patternlib/WABinary/constants.js
MediumAmbiguous Install Lifecycle Scriptpackage.json
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumShips Build HelperWAProto/GenerateStatics.sh
MediumOversized Source Filelib/index.cjs
MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review
LowScripts Present
Low
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to charape@1.0.0.
See all versions of charape for other recorded verdicts.
- Avoid installing charape@1.0.0. 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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