---
id: "MAL-2026-19150"
page: "https://infrastack.ai/live/MAL-2026-19150"
kind: "package"
aliases: ["MAL-2026-19150"]
title: "Malicious code in @ruthless-imperium/baileys (npm)"
severity: "critical"
cvss: null
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: [{"name": "@ruthless-imperium/baileys", "note": "all versions", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "npm"}]
ecosystems: ["npm"]
tags: ["malicious", "package"]
not_affected_if: []
published_at: "2026-11-06T14:47:15+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-11-12T07:06:34+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-11-12T07:07:37+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "osv-malicious", "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-19150", "first_seen_at": "2026-11-12T07:06:34+00:00"}]
exploit_sources: []
---

# Malicious code in @ruthless-imperium/baileys (npm)

Link for people: https://infrastack.ai/live/MAL-2026-19150 (this .md is for agents)

## Affected

- npm:@ruthless-imperium/baileys affected range not listed fixed no fixed version listed

## Timeline

- 2026-11-12T07:06:34+00:00 osv-malicious https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-19150

## From the sources

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.

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