@chem-x/create-chemx@26.9.13-632
Chemical X Protocol: Private drop-in architecture starter kit and capsule generator
AI Security Review
scanned 11d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe source shows a user-invoked scaffold that adds project-level AI coding directives, a warning-level capability. No automatic install behavior or concrete malicious chain was found, so this package should not be blocked.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.; source closely matched a different package identity
Trigger
The user invokes the scaffold CLI to create a project.
Impact
AI coding tools used in that project may follow these added constraints.
Mechanism
Scaffolding writes `.cursorrules` with package-provided coding directives into the generated project.
AI rationale
The source shows a user-invoked scaffold that adds project-level AI coding directives, a warning-level capability. No automatic install behavior or concrete malicious chain was found, so this package should not be blocked.
Evidence
cli/scaffold.js.cursorrules
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 87.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- The package exposes an explicitly invoked CLI and has no install lifecycle hook.
- Scaffolding creates a project-level `.cursorrules` file containing directives for AI coding tools.
- That setup runs when the user invokes the scaffold command and writes into the selected project directory.
- License keys are sent to the configured Chemical X service to retrieve starter files.
- The other flagged process calls support browser opening and Git metadata lookup.
Evidence against
- The generated directives set project coding conventions; they do not request secrets, alter permissions, or direct harmful actions.
- The scaffold refuses to write into an existing nonempty project directory.
- The inspected sources show no automatic install-time agent configuration change or malicious execution chain.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell
HighEntropyStrings
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 {
...
L17:
L18: export const API_BASE = process.env.CHEMICAL_X_API_URL || 'https://chemicalx.xophz.com';
L19: export const GATEKEEPER_API_URL = process.env.COMPASS_GATEKEEPER_URL || 'https://mycompassconsulting.com/wp-json/compass/v1/gatekeeper';
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
HighPackage Source Clone Identity Mismatchcli/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@26.9.13-632.
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