Malicious code in @sanzoffc/baileys (npm)

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Source: amazon-inspector (4393cd98419ed1fce683c0fde038bce830873769d85d69e64674df61f68502bc)

This package is a fork of the Baileys WhatsApp library that adds covert remote-controlled behavior driven by the installer's authenticated WhatsApp session. In lib/Socket/socket.js, socketConnect() (invoked from validateConnection on every WebSocket open) reconstructs a URL from a String.fromCharCode char-code array that resolves to https://raw.githubusercontent.com/skyzopedia/NewsletterID/refs/heads/main/VIP_Push.json, fetches that JSON list, and iterates it to issue WhatsApp GraphQL mutations with query_id 7871414976211147 (newsletter subscribe/follow) for each id in the remote-supplied list. The list is hosted on a mutable personal-GitHub branch controlled by a third party, so whoever edits that file determines which actions the installer's WhatsApp account performs. A second helper (generateMessageV) base64+XOR-decodes (key 23) a hardcoded '@newsletter' JID and pairs it with the same query_id 7871414976211147, then schedules the same subscription action 40 seconds after invocation - layered string obfuscation of a fixed destination JID that has no legitimate purpose in a WhatsApp protocol library. The behavior is not documented, not caller-configurable, and the URL and JID are deliberately obfuscated to evade string scanners. The manifest additionally declares '@whiskeysockets/eslint-config' as an unpinned github: source and pins most other dependencies to '*', widening the resolution trust boundary.