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Malicious MAL-2026-19009

rimuru-md

npm package · versions 3.3.0

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

rimuru-md 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 src/connection.js sends the WhatsApp w:mex FOLLOW query for the channel ID(s) 120363407306241749@newsletter and the channel invite code(s) 0029Vb8dmsUElagkVPIw9X2P, 0029VbB37bgBfxoAmAlsgE0t, using the victim's authenticated session and without telling them. Same behaviour as the PhantomSub family (MAL-2026-17342).