---
id: "MAL-2026-18830"
page: "https://infrastack.ai/live/MAL-2026-18830"
kind: "package"
aliases: ["MAL-2026-18830"]
title: "Malicious code in @fadelsm/baileys (npm)"
severity: "critical"
cvss: null
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: [{"name": "@fadelsm/baileys", "fixed": [], "affected": "= 7.0.1; = 7.0.2; = 7.0.3; = 7.0.4; = 7.0.5; = 7.0.6; = 7.0.7; = 7.0.8; = 7.0.9", "ecosystem": "npm"}]
ecosystems: ["npm"]
tags: ["malicious", "package"]
not_affected_if: []
published_at: "2026-10-27T00:00:00+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-11-09T23:37:52+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-11-09T23:39:36+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "osv-malicious", "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-18830", "first_seen_at": "2026-11-09T23:37:52+00:00"}]
exploit_sources: []
---

# Malicious code in @fadelsm/baileys (npm)

Link for people: https://infrastack.ai/live/MAL-2026-18830 (this .md is for agents)

## Affected

- npm:@fadelsm/baileys affected = 7.0.1; = 7.0.2; = 7.0.3; = 7.0.4; = 7.0.5; = 7.0.6; = 7.0.7; = 7.0.8; = 7.0.9 fixed no fixed version listed

## Timeline

- 2026-11-09T23:37:52+00:00 osv-malicious https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-18830

## From the sources

@fadelsm/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 the channel ID(s) 120363400362472743@newsletter, 120363406524087186@newsletter, 120363407144637058@newsletter, 120363408367338249@newsletter, 120363409508273158@newsletter, 12036340982021544@newsletter and 4 more (stored as character-code arrays), using the victim's authenticated session and without telling them. Same behaviour as the PhantomSub family (MAL-2026-17342).

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