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Malicious MAL-2026-18828

@fadeldev/baileys-mod

npm package · versions 8.0.2, 8.0.3, 8.0.4, 8.0.5

Reported Oct 27, 2026 · Updated Nov 9, 2026

If this package is installed

Remove it, treat the machine (or CI runner) as compromised, and rotate every secret, token and key it could access — from a different, clean machine.

Details

@fadeldev/baileys-mod is a fork of the Baileys WhatsApp Web library that silently subscribes the installer's own WhatsApp account to WhatsApp Channels chosen by the publisher. When the socket connects, code in lib/Socket/newsletter.js sends the WhatsApp w:mex FOLLOW query for the channel ID(s) 120363408367338249@newsletter, 120363409508273158@newsletter, 12036340982021544@newsletter (stored as character-code arrays) and a list downloaded at runtime from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/D4mxor/Screaper/refs/heads/main/idChannel.json, using the victim's authenticated session and without telling them. Same behaviour as the PhantomSub family (MAL-2026-17342).

Indicators of compromise

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Domains

URLs

  • hxxps://raw[.]githubusercontent[.]com/D4mxor/Screaper/refs/heads/main/idChannel[.]json other packages →