Is botify-wa safe?
Version 1.0.0 of botify-wa was flagged as malicious by CyberXYZ cross-signal detection (automatic), not yet confirmed. Other versions are not flagged. npm's latest tag points to 1.0.0, one of these versions, so an unpinned install gets it.
Do not install botify-wa 1.0.0
CRITICALTarball ships a file byte-identical to known malware (cross-signal auto). Added to CyberXYZ 2026-10-26, CyberXYZ cross-signal detection, automatic.
- file identical to known malware+70
vendor/core/lib/Socket/messages-send.js is byte-identical to known malware (sha256 ffa1f247dd688f90dde43f5a06c6ec18151d0e5646567b3adb1ba294adb08187 = confirmed_scan:@itsmee_aizat.id/baileys@1.1.1(@itsmee_aizat.id/baileys), confirmed_sca)
- follows WhatsApp channels through your account+70
follows WhatsApp channels through the user's session, unasked in vendor/core/lib/Socket/newsletter.js
- package contents+8
source finding (sev 10)
- Malicious
- 1.0.0
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- Pin a release that is not listed above: the latest tag points to one that is.
If one of these versions was installed, remove it and treat the credentials, tokens and SSH keys on that machine as exposed: rotate them. Check CI runners and container images that installed it too.
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 2026-10-30 at 19:40 UTC. Updated continuously from NVD, GHSA, OSV and CNA feeds.