GCVE-110-OSM-2026-12265

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. ENTRY lib/index.js (main: ./lib/index.js) PERSISTENCE - Startup Persistence in WAProto/index.js: ".profile" - Startup Persistence in lib/Socket/messages-send.js: ".profile" - Startup Persistence in lib/Store/make-in-memory-store.js: ".profile" DESTINATION - 4 exfil (custom-c2) - 3 fetched-payload (deobfuscated) (values recorded in verified_iocs) EXFIL - Data Encoding for Exfiltration in lib/Socket/socket.js: "Buffer.from(creds.noiseKey.public).toString("base64")" - Data Encoding for Exfiltration in lib/Utils/chat-utils.js: "Buffer.from(indexMac).toString("base64")" - Data Encoding for Exfiltration in lib/Utils/generics.js: "Buffer.from(value?.data || value).toString('base64')" - Data Encoding for Exfiltration in lib/Utils/messages-media.js: "Buffer.from(media.fileSha256).toString("base64")" - Data Encoding for Exfiltration in lib/Utils/process-message.js: "Buffer.from(keyId.keyId).toString("base64")" - Network Request in lib/Utils/generics.js: "fetch('https:" OBFUSCATION - Decoded Base64 Content in lib/Utils/messages-media.js - Decoded Base64 Content in [deobfuscated] lib/Utils/messages-media.js - IOCs Found in Deobfuscated Code in lib/Socket/socket.js - Dynamic Base64 Decoding in lib/Socket/dugong.js: "Buffer.from(jpegThumbnail, "base64")" - Dynamic Base64 Decoding in lib/Socket/socket.js: "Buffer.from(str, "base64")" - Dynamic Base64 Decoding in lib/Utils/chat-utils.js: "Buffer.from(keyId, "base64")" - Dynamic Base64 Decoding in lib/Utils/messages-media.js: "Buffer.from(encoded, "base64")" - Dynamic Base64 Decoding in lib/Utils/validate-connection.js: "Buffer.from(advSecretKey, "base64")" (+10 more) PAYLOAD FILES lib/Utils/messages-media.js (+ lib/Socket/socket.js, [deobfuscated] lib/Utils/messages-media.js)