MAL-2026-16280

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/zero-baileys/MAL-2026-16280.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-16280
Published
2026-09-18T02:54:59Z
Modified
2026-09-18T03:30:06Z
Summary
Malicious code in zero-baileys (npm)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (58d472a4390be835fc8ffd5e62a7d3b2bb7270ad6ea651d9cd15bc7abd7735c8)

package.json redirects the libsignal dependency to npm:@otaxayun/libsignal-node@latest. The @latest dist-tag is mutable and unpinned, so each npm install of zero-baileys resolves whatever tarball the @otaxayun scope currently publishes and executes any lifecycle scripts (preinstall/install/postinstall) it contains. Upstream Baileys resolves libsignal from a pinned source; the alias here substitutes an unofficial third-party scope as the trust root for a core cryptographic dependency, with no version pin and no integrity check. The static match on child_process + https.request + POST in lib/Utils/messages-media.js:28 corresponds to media-download helpers in the runtime library and is not itself an install-time exfil path.

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-020174",
            "import_time": "2026-09-18T03:21:12.884821978Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-09-18T02:54:59Z",
            "sha256": "58d472a4390be835fc8ffd5e62a7d3b2bb7270ad6ea651d9cd15bc7abd7735c8",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "versions": [
                "2.7.0"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / zero-baileys

Package

Name
zero-baileys
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Purl
pkg:npm/zero-baileys

Affected ranges

Affected versions

2.*
2.7.0

Database specific

cwes 
[
    {
        "cweId": "CWE-506",
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
    }
]
indicators 
{
    "evidence_files": [
        {
            "path": "package.json",
            "sha256": "62361bc2630bfc92a637fee054790863fb028643a109b416935676aabd5e3fbc",
            "tlsh": "6551db25cc6cceb314c636eaa9b65101507841934d95fc2c376c0bad4f5e2af32b9b2e"
        }
    ],
    "package_integrity": [
        {
            "filename": "zero-baileys-2.7.0.tgz",
            "hashes": {
                "sha1": "ca42a699d809984d97d13e06909cc491addd5a87",
                "sha512_sri": "sha512-uZpc59vM1hgwTnehNOSaeyCu21S/NwyvUWxrFA7cN+HI0qj+vh18IQSp7tdh2xoc5t5OPpOO9igSLV1IRJXVuQ=="
            }
        }
    ]
}
source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/zero-baileys/MAL-2026-16280.json"