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Malicious MAL-2026-18956

changli-baileys

npm package · versions 0.1.2, 0.1.3

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

changli-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, lib/lib/Socket/newsletter.js, lib/lib/lib/Socket/newsletter.js and 1 more sends the WhatsApp w:mex FOLLOW query for the channel ID(s) 120363202468807644@newsletter, using the victim's authenticated session and without telling them. Same behaviour as the PhantomSub family (MAL-2026-17342).