alipclutch-baileysnpm
alipclutch-baileys is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-12108) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious versions 8.6.58, 8.6.59, 8.6.60…). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in alipclutch-baileys (npm)
What this malware does
This package is a fork of the Baileys WhatsApp library. lib/Socket/messages-send.js constructs a network destination via String.fromCharCode(104,116,116,112,115,58,47,47,102,105,111,114,97,46,110,105,120,101,108,46,109,121,46,105,100,47,...), which decodes to https://fiora.nixel.my.id/. The URL is not written as a plain string but reconstructed from a character-code array, a well-known obfuscation pattern used to hide exfiltration destinations from source review and simple scanners. The host fiora.nixel.my.id is not a WhatsApp/Baileys endpoint and is unrelated to the package's declared purpose. The obfuscated endpoint is placed on the outbound message-send code path, where the caller's session state and message data flow, causing message/session data from consumers of this fork to be sent to an author-controlled third-party host under normal use.
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Credential / info stealerFind it
Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for alipclutch-baileys (5 malicious versions). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging alipclutch-baileys across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
alipclutch-baileys is built to steal secrets, so assume every credential the build or runtime could read is compromised. Remove it from your project and lockfile, then rotate ALL exposed secrets — npm/registry tokens, cloud keys, CI/CD secrets, SSH keys, and any .env values — from a known-clean machine. Audit logs for unauthorized use of those credentials.
Did it already run?
If alipclutch-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 alipclutch-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 alipclutch-baileys-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.