{"id":"MAL-2026-19150","summary":"Malicious code in @ruthless-imperium/baileys (npm)","details":"Malicious package. `@ruthless-imperium/baileys` is a trojanized fork of the Baileys WhatsApp library (@whiskeysockets/baileys). it silently subscribes every victim (via the injected WhatsApp newsletter/channel FOLLOW on connect) to attacker-controlled WhatsApp channels — hardcoded newsletter JIDs: 120363399602691477@newsletter, 120363421563597486@newsletter. Legitimate Baileys never hardcodes a channel JID or auto-follows on connect; all published versions are malicious.","modified":"2026-11-12T05:45:05.989780392Z","published":"2026-11-06T14:47:15Z","database_specific":{"iocs":{}},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://wormsign.io/portfolio/@ruthless-imperium/baileys/"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"@ruthless-imperium/baileys","ecosystem":"npm","purl":"pkg:npm/%40ruthless-imperium%2Fbaileys"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["0.0.0-stage","1.0.0","1.0.1","1.0.2","1.0.3"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/@ruthless-imperium/baileys/MAL-2026-19150.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.2","credits":[{"name":"wormsign","contact":["https://x.com/w0rmsign"],"type":"FINDER"}]}