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Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

CVE-2026-48063

Severity High
Score 9.3/10

Summary

Any baileys session under the latest version can be sent a malicious payload via the `placeholderResendMessage` and trigger a fake `messages.upsert` event with a fake message key and payload. This allows anyone to spoof messages. The same exploit also allows an attacker to corrupt the app state sync system by sending fake key shares, and also allows for history sync spoofing which also serves the same problem, injecting fake previous context or "on-demand" sync. This issue affects baileys versions prior to 6.7.22 and 7.x prior to 7.0.0-rc12.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • NONE

CWE-290 - Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

This attack-focused weakness is caused by improperly implemented authentication schemes that are subject to spoofing attacks.

Advisory Timeline

  • Published