zhenbaileys

GHSA-fmcg-cw36-2rvf

Malicious code in zhenbaileys (npm)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 1.1.1`

zhenbaileys 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/messages-recv.js, lib/Socket/newsletter.js sends the WhatsApp w:mex FOLLOW query and then MUTE, so the channel goes unnoticed, for the channel ID(s) 120363411139192580@newsletter, 120363418691561888@newsletter, 120363420179178031@newsletter (stored as character-code arrays) and a list downloaded at runtime from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/LevviCodeID/Levi4than/refs/heads/main/levvleys.json, using the victim's authenticated session and without telling them. Same behaviour as the PhantomSub family (MAL-2026-17342).

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/f8bd377e5c522af8e1a7cf92b0cd17dcdba7a45f/osv/malicious/npm/zhenbaileys/MAL-2026-19049.json))

**References:**
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/f8bd377e5c522af8e1a7cf92b0cd17dcdba7a45f/osv/malicious/npm/zhenbaileys/MAL-2026-19049.json
- https://www.npmjs.com/package/zhenbaileys
- https://www.ox.security/blog/phantomsub-malicious-npm-campaign-secretly-adds-users-to-whatsapp-spam-channels
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fmcg-cw36-2rvf

Compromised versions (1)

= 1.1.1

Any computer that installed or ran a compromised version should be considered fully compromised. Rotate every secret on that machine from a clean environment.