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Malicious MAL-2026-19014

shadowmd-baileys

npm package · versions 8.6.49, 8.6.50, 8.6.51, 8.6.52, 8.6.54, 8.6.55, 8.6.56, 8.6.57, 8.6.59, 8.6.90, 8.6.91

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

shadowmd-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) 120363407277177688@newsletter, 120363423975826201@newsletter, using the victim's authenticated session and without telling them. Same behaviour as the PhantomSub family (MAL-2026-17342).