{"id":"MAL-2026-19022","summary":"Malicious code in turbo-baileys (npm)","details":"turbo-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 sends the WhatsApp w:mex FOLLOW query for a list downloaded at runtime from https://files.gifted.co.ke/file/chJids.json, https://turbo-cdns.vercel.app/files/turbowajids.json, https://www.image2url.com/r2/default/files/1780687002364-b57976c9-0469-4f22-9b68-d6413608cc1c.json (the URL itself stored as base64 strings), using the victim's authenticated session and without telling them. Same behaviour as the PhantomSub family (MAL-2026-17342).","modified":"2026-11-09T23:15:34.534438555Z","published":"2026-10-27T00:00:00Z","database_specific":{"iocs":{"files":[{"paths":["lib/Socket/newsletter.js"],"digests":{"sha256":"0928ce04d1c6c59bb64a7f6a7298a24fb5ff2e889d2a702e73ec7ec31f2052d0"}},{"digests":{"sha256":"c5fd93d838a136067d6bc89d5df6e2433cfa693ff13fe5fe44dc8bcd3a3c5180"},"paths":["lib/Socket/newsletter.js"]},{"digests":{"sha256":"f17cdb31ce5ac2aeb267eb2e25ccb975f44be9acc7c9c093f8660de5b75b282d"},"paths":["lib/Socket/newsletter.js"]}],"ips":[],"urls":["https://files.gifted.co.ke/file/chJids.json","https://turbo-cdns.vercel.app/files/turbowajids.json","https://www.image2url.com/r2/default/files/1780687002364-b57976c9-0469-4f22-9b68-d6413608cc1c.json"],"domains":["files.gifted.co.ke","turbo-cdns.vercel.app","www.image2url.com"]}},"references":[{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://www.npmjs.com/package/turbo-baileys"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.ox.security/blog/phantomsub-malicious-npm-campaign-secretly-adds-users-to-whatsapp-spam-channels/"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"turbo-baileys","ecosystem":"npm","purl":"pkg:npm/turbo-baileys"},"versions":["1.0.0","1.0.1","1.0.2","1.0.3","1.0.4","1.0.5"],"database_specific":{"cwes":[{"name":"Embedded Malicious Code","cweId":"CWE-506","description":"The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature."}],"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/turbo-baileys/MAL-2026-19022.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.2","credits":[{"name":"CyberXYZ","contact":["https://cyberxyz.io"],"type":"FINDER"}]}