---
id: "MAL-2026-18880"
page: "https://infrastack.ai/live/MAL-2026-18880"
kind: "package"
aliases: ["MAL-2026-18880"]
title: "Malicious code in @ranstech/bails (npm)"
severity: "critical"
cvss: null
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: [{"name": "@ranstech/bails", "fixed": [], "affected": "= 1.1.1; = 1.1.2; = 1.1.3; = 1.1.4; = 1.1.5; = 1.1.6; = 2.0.0", "ecosystem": "npm"}]
ecosystems: ["npm"]
tags: ["malicious", "package"]
not_affected_if: []
published_at: "2026-10-27T00:00:00+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-11-09T23:37:56+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-11-09T23:41:42+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "osv-malicious", "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-18880", "first_seen_at": "2026-11-09T23:37:56+00:00"}]
exploit_sources: []
---

# Malicious code in @ranstech/bails (npm)

Link for people: https://infrastack.ai/live/MAL-2026-18880 (this .md is for agents)

## Affected

- npm:@ranstech/bails affected = 1.1.1; = 1.1.2; = 1.1.3; = 1.1.4; = 1.1.5; = 1.1.6; = 2.0.0 fixed no fixed version listed

## Timeline

- 2026-11-09T23:37:56+00:00 osv-malicious https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-18880

## From the sources

@ranstech/bails 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) 120363349140729983@newsletter, 120363371199176376@newsletter, 120363404953742204@newsletter, 120363408883778327@newsletter, 120363409519566274@newsletter, 120363410018949906@newsletter and 5 more (stored as base64 strings), using the victim's authenticated session and without telling them. Same behaviour as the PhantomSub family (MAL-2026-17342).

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