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Malware@ubedsockets/baileys
MAL-2026-18600
Malicious code in @ubedsockets/baileys (npm)
Details
Malicious package. `@ubedsockets/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: 120363410154606795@newsletter, 120363423295236859@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.
Compromised versions (26)
- 1.0.0
- 1.1.0
- 1.2.0
- 1.3.0
- 1.4.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.6.1
- 1.6.2
- 1.6.3
- 1.6.4
- 1.6.5
- 1.6.6
- 1.6.7
- 1.6.8
- 1.6.9
- 1.7.0
- 1.7.1
- 1.7.10
- 1.7.11
- 1.7.12
- 1.7.2
- 1.7.3
- 1.7.5
- 1.7.6
- 1.7.7
- 1.7.9
Any computer that installed or ran a compromised version should be considered fully compromised. Rotate every secret on that machine from a clean environment.