@chatunity/baileysnpm
@chatunity/baileys is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-17287) that executes malicious code on install (malicious versions 3.2.0, 3.2.1). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in @chatunity/baileys (npm)
What this malware does
package.json declares the runtime dependency libsignal with the value github:chatunitycenter/libsignal-node, an off-registry git source with no commit SHA or tag pin. On npm install, npm fetches whatever the default branch of that repository currently contains and executes any lifecycle scripts inside it, and the module is then required transitively via lib/Signal/libsignal.js from the package's main entry. The dependency source is mutable and integrity-unchecked: any change pushed to that branch (or takeover of the owning account) is executed on every subsequent install of this package version, with no version bump or artifact change on the npm side. The owning GitHub account is unrelated to established libsignal publishers and there is no signature or hash gating the fetched content.
Malicious versions
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Detection & response playbook
Malicious packageFind it
Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for @chatunity/baileys (2 malicious versions). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging @chatunity/baileys across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
Remove @chatunity/baileys from your project and lockfile, then assume any secrets accessible to the build or runtime were exposed: rotate API keys, tokens, and credentials, and audit for unexpected outbound activity or persistence.
Did it already run?
If @chatunity/baileys was ever installed, its post-install/runtime payload may have already executed. O3's L7 egress monitoring and runtime eBPF sensors detect the credential exfiltration or command-and-control callback after install and block the malicious outbound channel, so you catch and contain the actual compromise — not just the presence of the package.
How O3 protects you
O3 blocks @chatunity/baileys before install through its supply-chain scanner, and if it has already run, detects and severs the exfiltration or C2 callback at runtime through L7 egress monitoring and eBPF.
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Detect & block this
O3 blocks @chatunity/baileys-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the malicious outbound activity and severs the channel.