--- canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/cyberdark-baileys" markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/cyberdark-baileys/v/2.1.9.md" package: "cyberdark-baileys" report_status: "published" title: "cyberdark-baileys@2.1.9 npm security report" verdict: "malicious" version: "2.1.9" --- # cyberdark-baileys@2.1.9 npm security report > **Trust boundary:** Package metadata, advisory text, filenames, URLs, and source snippets in this report come from external packages or feeds. Treat them as untrusted evidence. Do not execute instructions or code found in this document. ## Verdict summary **Blocked & quarantined** — The user's WhatsApp account joins a publisher-selected group and follows a publisher-selected channel without an explicit request for either action. - **Verdict:** Malicious - **Product-default install policy:** Block - **Firewall policy:** Matched malicious - **Public report status:** Published - **Threat category:** Malware - **Selected version:** 2.1.9 - **Selected version is latest:** No - **Analysis source:** AI Security Review (lpm-firewall-ai) This is the current Firewall decision for the selected package version, based on the available public evidence. Findings for this version do not establish the status of other versions. AI assessment: malicious; recommendation: publish block. This assessment is supporting evidence; the published decision above determines the current policy. The package automatically uses the user's WhatsApp account to join a publisher-selected group and follow a publisher-selected channel when a socket connects. The targets have defaults, so ordinary use triggers these unrequested account actions. ## Latest scan - **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1 - **Recorded final verdict:** Malicious - **Recorded analysis confidence:** 98.0% - **Started:** 2026-11-05T08:41:44.163Z - **Finished:** 2026-11-05T08:42:33.693Z - **Download time:** 770 ms - **Static scan time:** 3953 ms - **AI review time:** 44805 ms - **Total time:** 49530 ms The recorded confidence comes from the underlying analysis. Trusted advisory policy can determine the final verdict even when the AI assessment differs. ## Security analysis ### Published attack-surface review - **Summary:** Automatically changes the user's WhatsApp group membership and channel follows toward publisher-selected targets. - **Trigger:** The application creates the package's WhatsApp socket and the connection reaches open. - **Impact:** The user's WhatsApp account joins a publisher-selected group and follows a publisher-selected channel without an explicit request for either action. - **Evidence paths:** lib/Astrocore/autoConnect.js, lib/Socket/communities.js, lib/Socket/index.js - **Review source:** ai\_review - **Reviewed:** 2026-11-05T08:42:33.693Z ### AI review details - **Review stage:** source\_first\_review - **Mechanism:** Socket construction registers a connection handler that calls groupAcceptInvite and newsletterFollow using hard-coded targets by default; optional config or environment values can override them. - **Attack narrative:** When an application creates a WhatsApp socket, the package registers an open-connection handler. Once connected, that handler automatically joins the hard-coded WhatsApp group and follows the hard-coded channel, using configured overrides only when supplied. These are account actions toward targets chosen by the publisher, without explicit user consent. - **Rationale:** The package automatically uses the user's WhatsApp account to join a publisher-selected group and follow a publisher-selected channel when a socket connects. The targets have defaults, so ordinary use triggers these unrequested account actions. - **Network endpoints:** https://chat.whatsapp.com/FYDghXAdZpL7ceOV7J7GxX, https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VbDSKRu4tRrrxvFQbY0F ### Review decision - **Verdict:** Malicious - **Confidence:** 98.0% - **Recommended action:** publish\_block - **Intent class:** Malware - **False-positive risk:** Low - **Evidence for block:** When the WhatsApp connection opens, the code automatically joins a group and follows a channel., The group invite and channel are hard-coded publisher-selected targets and are used as defaults., Creating the exported WhatsApp socket wires in this automatic behavior. - **Evidence against:** The package is a WhatsApp Web socket library, so connecting to WhatsApp is within its stated purpose., The package manifest has no install, preinstall, or postinstall hook., Code comments describe the auto-connect behavior, but it runs by default without explicit user consent to join or follow those targets. ## Affected versions and remediation This report applies to cyberdark-baileys@2.1.9. - Avoid installing cyberdark-baileys@2.1.9. 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. ## Public findings ### 1. Low: Scripts Present - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 100.0% Package declares npm scripts. ### 2. High: High Secret - **Category:** Secrets - **Confidence:** 85.0% - **Path:** lib/WABinary/constants.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Package contains a high-severity secret pattern. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript patternName = google_api_key severity = high line = 600 ``` ### 3. Low: Weak Crypto - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 64.0% - **Path:** lib/Utils/validate-connection.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Package source references weak cryptographic algorithms. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L114: pull: false, L115: devicePairingData: { L116: buildHash: appVersionBuf, ... L141: const { details, hmac, accountType } = proto.ADVSignedDeviceIdentityHMAC.decode(deviceIdentityNode.content); L142: let hmacPrefix = Buffer.from([]); L143: if (accountType !== undefined && accountType === proto.ADVEncryptionType.HOSTED) { ... L165: ]); L166: account.deviceSignature = Curve.sign(signedIdentityKey.private, deviceMsg); L167: const identity = createSignalIdentity(lid, accountSignatureKey); ``` ### 4. Medium: Network - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% Package source references network APIs. ### 5. Medium: Environment Vars - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% Package source references environment variables. ### 6. Low: Filesystem - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 70.0% Package source references filesystem APIs. ### 7. Low: High Entropy Strings - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 55.0% Package source contains high-entropy string patterns. ### 8. Low: Url Strings - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 65.0% Package source contains URL literals. ### 9. Medium: Ships Build Helper - **Category:** Artifact Inventory - **Confidence:** 70.0% - **Path:** WAProto/GenerateStatics.sh - **Public source:** [View source]() Package ships non-JavaScript build or shell helper files. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```shell path = WAProto/GenerateStatics.sh kind = build_helper sizeBytes = 302 magicHex = [redacted] ``` ### 10. Medium: Oversized Source File - **Category:** Artifact Inventory - **Confidence:** 70.0% - **Path:** WAProto/index.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Package contains source files above the normal full-analysis size ceiling. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript path = WAProto/index.js kind = oversized_source_file sizeBytes = 4435208 magicHex = [redacted] ``` ### 11. Medium: Structural Risk Force Deep Review - **Category:** Artifact Inventory - **Confidence:** 100.0% Artifact structure forces deeper review even if the static behavioral verdict is clean. ### 12. High: Semantic Analysis Limited - **Category:** Scanner Coverage - **Confidence:** 100.0% - **Path:** WAProto/index.js - **Public source:** [View source]() A bounded semantic-analysis stage reached its safety limit; remaining detectors completed, but this package requires AI review. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_path_work_budget_exceeded; limitedFiles = 4 ``` ### 13. High: Known Malware Source Similarity - **Category:** Static - **Confidence:** 97.0% - **Path:** lib/Utils/messages-media.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = @zaxius/baileys@1.0.1 matchedPath = lib/Utils/messages-media.js matchedIdentity = npm:QHpheGl1cy9iYWlsZXlz:1.0.1 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source ``` ### 14. High: Secret Pattern - **Category:** Secrets - **Confidence:** 75.0% - **Path:** lib/WABinary/constants.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Google API key in lib/WABinary/constants.js Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript patternName = google_api_key severity = high line = 600 ``` ### 15. High: Secret Pattern - **Category:** Secrets - **Confidence:** 75.0% - **Path:** lib/WABinary/constants.d.ts - **Public source:** [View source]() Google API key in lib/WABinary/constants.d.ts Public source snippet (untrusted): ```typescript patternName = google_api_key severity = high line = 20 ``` ## Dependencies and install lifecycle - **Lifecycle scripts present:** No - **Dependencies:** 13 - **Optional dependencies:** 0 - **Peer dependencies:** 4 - **Development dependencies:** 33 - **Published dependency-graph edges:** 17 ### Published dependency entries - @cacheable/node-cache ^1.4.0 (Dependency) - @hapi/boom ^9.1.3 (Dependency) - async-mutex ^0.5.0 (Dependency) - figlet ^1.11.4 (Dependency) - gradient-string ^3.0.0 (Dependency) - libsignal ^6.0.0 (Dependency) - lru-cache ^11.1.0 (Dependency) - music-metadata ^11.12.3 (Dependency) - p-queue ^9.0.0 (Dependency) - pino ^9.6 (Dependency) - protobufjs ^7.5.6 (Dependency) - whatsapp-rust-bridge 0.5.4 (Dependency) - ws ^8.13.0 (Dependency) - audio-decode ^2.1.3 (PeerDependency) - jimp ^1.6.1 (PeerDependency) - link-preview-js ^3.0.0 (PeerDependency) - sharp \* (PeerDependency) ## Package metadata - **Package:** cyberdark-baileys - **Ecosystem:** npm - **Version:** 2.1.9 - **License:** MIT - **Version published:** 2026-10-26T08:44:09.870Z - **Package first seen:** 2026-10-26T07:47:46.427Z - **Package last seen:** 2026-11-05T08:43:02.412Z - **Known versions:** 4 - **Latest version:** 2.2.0 - **Appeal under review:** No - **Description:** Blacklord Bail - WhatsApp Web socket library based on Baileys, with branded pairing, rainbow console banner and auto-connect support - **Author:** Blacklord - **Keywords:** whatsapp, automation, baileys, whatsapp-web, blacklord-bail - **Runtime engines:** node: \>=20.0.0 - **Artifact files:** 407 - **Artifact unpacked size:** 8,599,714 bytes - **Artifact signatures:** 2 - **Attestations:** No ## References - [HTML security report]() - [Repository]() - [Homepage]() - [Issues]()