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Baileys (WhatsApp library) message spoofing and app state corruption via malicious protocolMessage payload

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The Baileys npm library (a WhatsApp Web API client) is vulnerable to message spoofing, history sync spoofing, and app state sync corruption when sent a maliciously crafted protocolMessage payload. Anyone can spoof messages.upsert events with fake keys and payloads. Fixed in 7.0.0-rc12 and 6.7.22.

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