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Malicious MAL-2026-19055

@vanzky/baileys

npm package · versions 0.0.0-stage, 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.4

Reported Nov 2, 2026 · Updated Nov 10, 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

Malicious package. `@vanzky/baileys` is a trojanized fork of the Baileys WhatsApp library (@whiskeysockets/baileys). it silently subscribes every victim (via the injected WhatsApp newsletter/channel FOLLOW on connect) to attacker-controlled WhatsApp channels — hardcoded newsletter JIDs: 120363412479307951@newsletter, 120363413713776550@newsletter, 120363429868081610@newsletter. Legitimate Baileys never hardcodes a channel JID or auto-follows on connect; all published versions are malicious. Detected by wormsign static analysis of the injected channel-subscription code.