@chem-x/create-chemx@26.9.12-272
Chemical X Protocol: Private drop-in architecture starter kit and capsule generator
AI Security Review
scanned 1mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiNo concrete malicious lifecycle, secret exfiltration, or stealth persistence is present. The unchecked remote file-write path and explicit AI-agent configuration mutation warrant a warning.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source
Trigger
User runs the create or init CLI flow and provides a license key.
Impact
A compromised or malicious starter-kit service could overwrite files outside the intended target through traversal paths and place behavior-bearing project files.
Mechanism
Remote server-provided file writes with unvalidated relative paths.
AI rationale
No concrete malicious lifecycle, secret exfiltration, or stealth persistence is present. The unchecked remote file-write path and explicit AI-agent configuration mutation warrant a warning.
Evidence
cli/license.jscli/scaffold.js<targetDir>/<server-supplied relPath>.cursorrules~/.chemical-x/config.json~/.chemical-x/device_id
Network endpoints1
chemicalx.xophz.com/api/starter-kit/download
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 86.0% confidence as Critical Vulnerability with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- The create and init commands fetch a server-supplied file map and write every returned path without path validation.
- The scaffold command adds a Cursor rules file to the newly created project.
- The package has no npm lifecycle hook, so these actions require an explicit CLI command.
Evidence against
- No install, preinstall, or postinstall script is declared.
- Network use is limited to the stated starter-kit service and explicit GitHub discussion publishing.
- Child-process calls use fixed command names and argument arrays rather than shell interpolation.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
NoLicense
Source & flagged code
5 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 {
...
L16:
L17: export const API_BASE = process.env.CHEMICAL_X_API_URL || 'https://chemicalx.xophz.com';
L18: export const URL_LEARN = 'https://chemicalx.xophz.com';
Findings
5 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
HighPrevious Version Dangerous Deltacli/audit/social-git.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@26.9.12-272.
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