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Malicious MAL-2026-18859

@kyuu2nd/baileys

npm package · versions 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.10, 2.0.11, 2.0.12, 2.0.2, 2.0.24, 2.0.25, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.5, 2.0.6, 2.0.7, 2.0.8

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

@kyuu2nd/baileys 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) 120363330344810280@newsletter, 120363400738305381@newsletter, 120363402868866359@newsletter, 120363404790454890@newsletter, 120363404861802607@newsletter, 120363405313529091@newsletter and 13 more (stored as character-code arrays) and a list downloaded at runtime from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kiuur/IDCH/refs/heads/main/idch.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/kiuur/IDCH/refs/heads/main/idch[.]json other packages →