rafael-bails

{"modified":"2026-10-16T00:00:00Z","schema_version":"1.7.4","id":"MAL-2026-18713","summary":"Malicious code in rafael-bails (npm)","details":"rafael-bails is a fork of the Baileys WhatsApp Web library that silently subscribes the installer's own authenticated WhatsApp account to an author-chosen WhatsApp Channel. Part of the campaign OX Security documented as \"PhantomSub\" (2026-09-28): https://www.ox.security/blog/phantomsub-malicious-npm-campaign-secretly-adds-users-to-whatsapp-spam-channels/ . Static read of the published 1.1.3 tarball on 2026-10-16 (not executed) found a hardcoded channel JID 120363401521242390@newsletter together with the newsletter FOLLOW query wired to run automatically after the socket connects, with errors suppressed. Same family as the withdrawn MAL-2026-4519 (chromestaff-baileys 1.1.3). Live on npm with no OSV record as of 2026-10-16.","affected":[{"package":{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"rafael-bails"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]}],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.ox.security/blog/phantomsub-malicious-npm-campaign-secretly-adds-users-to-whatsapp-spam-channels/"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://www.npmjs.com/package/rafael-bails"}],"credits":[{"name":"OX Security","type":"FINDER","contact":["https://www.ox.security/blog/phantomsub-malicious-npm-campaign-secretly-adds-users-to-whatsapp-spam-channels/"]},{"name":"Patrick Duggan, DugganUSA","type":"REPORTER","contact":["mailto:patrick@dugganusa.com"]}]}