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Malicious MAL-2026-19072

@yshtxxproject/baileys

npm package · versions 0.0.0-stage, 0.0.1

Reported Nov 3, 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. `@yshtxxproject/baileys` is a trojanized fork of the Baileys WhatsApp library (@whiskeysockets/baileys). on connection it issues an authenticated `w:mex` newsletter FOLLOW mutation (query_id 7871414976211147) that silently subscribes every victim to attacker-controlled WhatsApp channels — hardcoded newsletter JIDs: 120363403764263127@newsletter, 120363413797603665@newsletter, 120363421563597486@newsletter, 120363423614575184@newsletter. Legitimate Baileys never hardcodes a channel JID or auto-follows on connect; all published versions are malicious.