{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including @akapaki/baileys.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-17285 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.","what":"MAL-2026-17285 is a malicious package in @akapaki/baileys, published on 29 Sep 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-17285 is a malicious package: @akapaki/baileys (npm). Every version was published to cause harm.\n\nTask:\n1. Search this repository's dependency manifests and lockfiles for the package, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If it is present, remove it, regenerate the lockfile with the project's package manager, and replace whatever it was used for.\n3. List any CI runners, developer machines or containers that installed it, so their secrets can be rotated.\n4. If the package is not used anywhere, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-17285/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-17285/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-17285","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-17285/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-17285","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-gxxr-g857-qmrh"],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"@akapaki/baileys@1.0.1 is an unofficial republish of the Baileys WhatsApp library under a new scope (author `paki`, empty README, repository `pernapasquale647-dotcom/paki-baileys`). Its package.json declares the `libsignal` dependency as `github:pernapasquale647-dotcom/paki-libsignal` — a personal GitHub source with no commit SHA, tag, or integrity pin. `npm install` will fetch whatever the repo's default branch currently contains and run any lifecycle scripts inside it on the installer's machine, giving the repository owner unilateral, unaudited control over code executed at install time. The shipped lib/ has not been diffed against upstream Baileys, so behavioral drift from the legitimate library cannot be excluded.\n\nAny computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer. The package should be removed, but as full control of the computer may have been given to an outside entity, there is no guarantee that removing the package will remove all malicious software resulting from installing it.","ecosystems":["npm"],"exploits":{"exploitdb":null,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":null,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":null,"nuclei":null,"refs":[],"tier":null},"has_fix":false,"headline":"Malicious code in @akapaki/baileys (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-17285","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"malicious","links":{"ecosystem":"npm","product":null,"products":[],"type":null,"year":"2026"},"n_packages":1,"n_references":null,"packages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","fixed":[],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"@akapaki/baileys","purl":"pkg:npm/%40akapaki/baileys","source":"MAL-2026-17285"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-09-29","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"Apache-2.0","name":"OpenSSF Malicious Packages","prefix":"MAL"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":null,"updated":null,"vendors":null},"summary":null,"url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-17285/"}