aemeath-baileys

GHSA-p48h-3642-cg37

Malicious code in aemeath-baileys (npm)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 1.1.13`

aemeath-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, lib/autofollow-newsletters.js sends the WhatsApp w:mex FOLLOW query and then MUTE, so the channel goes unnoticed, for the channel ID(s) 120363410056240594@newsletter, 120363412837402275@newsletter, 120363417661721059@newsletter, 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/23ba843b4a773277fa7a4a51240e83cd70ea2a45/osv/malicious/npm/aemeath-baileys/MAL-2026-18685.json))

**References:**
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/23ba843b4a773277fa7a4a51240e83cd70ea2a45/osv/malicious/npm/aemeath-baileys/MAL-2026-18685.json
- https://www.npmjs.com/package/aemeath-baileys
- https://www.ox.security/blog/phantomsub-malicious-npm-campaign-secretly-adds-users-to-whatsapp-spam-channels
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p48h-3642-cg37

Compromised versions (1)

= 1.1.13

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