Is @rizzxdc/baileys safe?
Confirmed malicious. Do not install it, and remove it where it has been installed.
Do not install this package
CRITICALanalyst verifiedCovert WhatsApp channel hijack (PhantomSub). Added to CyberXYZ 2026-11-07, verified by a CyberXYZ analyst.
Covert WhatsApp channel hijack (PhantomSub). After the library connects a WhatsApp session, the listed versions make the account follow WhatsApp channels the publisher chose, without the user asking and without telling them, and join WhatsApp groups the publisher chose. CyberXYZ read every version published by 2026-11-06 from the npm registry (a static read, nothing executed); the listed versions are the ones that do this.
- Malicious
- 8.0.10
Remove it from every machine and lockfile it reached. Treat any credentials, tokens and SSH keys present on those machines as exposed and rotate them. Check CI runners and container images that installed it.
npm uninstall @rizzxdc/baileys
0 direct dependencies
none carry a known advisory
0 packages depend on it
an advisory here reaches each of them
Tracked for PyPI packages. HuggingFace models declare Python dependencies, so npm packages are not covered.
Checked 2026-11-10 at 16:59 UTC. Updated continuously from NVD, GHSA, OSV and CNA feeds.