MAL-2026-4519 Malicious code in chromestaff-baileys (npm)

This package is part of a large family 100+ identified as of September 2026 of near-identical forks of the Baileys WhatsApp Web library that inject a covert channel-subscription action into the WhatsApp socket layer. On connect, the injected code issues an authenticated w:mex FOLLOW query queryid...

Malicious code in chromestaff-baileys (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 4d5fad12014025f37f607a61051a445262f37bcee6682850dfd77cc0dcb0b486 chromestaff-baileys is a fork of the Baileys WhatsApp library that, on every successful WhatsApp connection, silently forces the connected user's...