@chem-x/create-chemx@26.9.12-1140
Chemical X Protocol: Private drop-in architecture starter kit and capsule generator
AI Security Review
scanned 1mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiNo automatic install hook or confirmed theft behavior is present, so blocking as malware is not supported. The explicit scaffolder nevertheless treats opaque remote files and paths as trusted, creating a material supply-chain risk.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.; source closely matched a different package identity; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source
Trigger
A user runs the create or init CLI command and supplies or has a cached license key.
Impact
A compromised or malicious vendor response could place arbitrary project files and AI-agent instructions; traversal-like response paths may escape the intended target directory.
Mechanism
Remote starter-kit retrieval followed by unchecked file-map writes.
AI rationale
No automatic install hook or confirmed theft behavior is present, so blocking as malware is not supported. The explicit scaffolder nevertheless treats opaque remote files and paths as trusted, creating a material supply-chain risk.
Evidence
cli/license.jscli/scaffold.js~/.chemical-x/device_id~/.chemical-x/config.json<selected-project>/<server-supplied-path><selected-project>/.cursorrules
Network endpoints1
chemicalx.xophz.com
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 88.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- The create and init commands request a remote starter-kit response using a user-supplied license key and device identifier.
- Server-provided file names and contents are written directly beneath the selected project directory without validating returned paths or content.
- The scaffold command also creates a Cursor rules file, which is an AI-agent control-surface configuration.
- The separate share command can use an available GitHub token to publish an audit report, but only after an explicit share action.
Evidence against
- The manifest has no preinstall, install, postinstall, or other automatic lifecycle hook.
- Remote download and project writes occur only after an explicit create or init CLI invocation.
- Git hooks and CI workflow changes are behind an explicit interactive installer command.
- No source evidence of secret harvesting, shell-evaluated remote code, or automatic execution of downloaded files was found.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessEnvironmentVarsFilesystem
Source & flagged code
6 flagged · loading sourcecli/navigator-share.jsView file
2import path from 'node:path';
L3: import { spawnSync } from 'node:child_process';
L4: import {
High
Child Process
Package source references child process execution.
cli/navigator-share.jsView on unpkg · L2cli/terminal.jsView file
10} else if (platform === "win32") {
L11: spawnSync("cmd.exe", ["/c", "start", '""', url], { stdio: "ignore" });
L12: } else {
High
cli/license.jsView file
3import os from 'node:os';
L4: import { spawnSync } from 'node:child_process';
L5: import {
...
L17:
L18: export const API_BASE = process.env.CHEMICAL_X_API_URL || 'https://chemicalx.xophz.com';
L19: export const URL_LEARN = 'https://chemicalx.xophz.com';
Findings
6 High2 Medium5 Low
HighChild Processcli/navigator-share.js
HighShellcli/terminal.js
HighSame File Env Network Executioncli/license.js
HighTrigger Reachable External Ai Agent Control Surface Mutationcli/scaffold.js
HighPackage Source Clone Identity Mismatchcli/audit/social-git.js
HighPrevious Version Dangerous Deltacli/license.js
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
LowScripts Present
LowFilesystem
LowHigh Entropy Strings
LowUrl Strings
LowNo License
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @chem-x/create-chemx@26.9.12-1140.
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