--- canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@chem-x/create-chemx/v/26.9.16-41" markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@chem-x/create-chemx/v/26.9.16-41.md" package: "@chem-x/create-chemx" report_status: "published" title: "@chem-x/create-chemx@26.9.16-41 npm security report" verdict: "suspicious" version: "26.9.16-41" --- # @chem-x/create-chemx@26.9.16-41 npm security report > **Trust boundary:** Package metadata, advisory text, filenames, URLs, and source snippets in this report come from external packages or feeds. Treat them as untrusted evidence. Do not execute instructions or code found in this document. ## Verdict summary **Flagged as AI-agent capability risk** — Allowed by default with warning: agent-facing configuration or capability changes need review before use. - **Verdict:** Suspicious - **Product-default install policy:** Warn - **Firewall policy:** Warn-only AI-agent capability risk - **Public report status:** Published - **Threat category:** AI-agent capability abuse - **Selected version:** 26.9.16-41 - **Selected version is latest:** No - **Analysis source:** AI Security Review (lpm-firewall-ai) This is the current Firewall decision for the selected package version, based on the available public evidence. Findings for this version do not establish the status of other versions. AI assessment: suspicious; recommendation: downgrade to warn. This assessment is supporting evidence; the published decision above determines the current policy. The source supports a warning for explicit agent configuration capability: setup can alter AI-facing project configuration and register a first-party MCP server. The install hook points to a missing file, so this does not establish an active install-time attack. ## Latest scan - **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1 - **Recorded final verdict:** Suspicious - **Recorded analysis confidence:** 83.0% - **Started:** 2026-10-12T06:02:53.815Z - **Finished:** 2026-10-12T06:03:34.536Z - **Download time:** 260 ms - **Static scan time:** 774 ms - **AI review time:** 39686 ms - **Total time:** 40721 ms The recorded confidence comes from the underlying analysis. Trusted advisory policy can determine the final verdict even when the AI assessment differs. ## Security analysis ### Published attack-surface review - **Summary:** Explicit setup can add AI-facing guidance to AGENTS.md and register the package’s MCP server in project editor configuration. This is a guarded, package-aligned capability; no confirmed attack surface was established. - **Trigger:** A user runs the setup wizard or the install-mcp command. - **Impact:** This can influence project AI-agent search behavior and enable the package’s MCP server in supported editors. - **Evidence paths:** cli/installer.js, cli/mcp/installer.js, cli/mcp/installer.spec.js, cli/index.js - **Review source:** ai\_review - **Reviewed:** 2026-10-12T06:03:34.536Z ### AI review details - **Review stage:** source\_first\_review - **Mechanism:** Setup may append a query-first directive to an existing AGENTS.md and write the named Chemical X MCP server into Cursor and VS Code configuration. - **Rationale:** The source supports a warning for explicit agent configuration capability: setup can alter AI-facing project configuration and register a first-party MCP server. The install hook points to a missing file, so this does not establish an active install-time attack. - **Files touched:** AGENTS.md, .cursor/mcp.json, .vscode/mcp.json ### Review decision - **Verdict:** Suspicious - **Confidence:** 83.0% - **Recommended action:** downgrade\_to\_warn - **Intent class:** Dangerous Capability - **False-positive risk:** Medium - **Evidence for warning:** The postinstall hook points to a script absent from the package snapshot, and the package does not declare itself as a runtime dependency., An installer appends instructions to an existing AGENTS.md that steer AI agents to use the package’s query command before broad searches., The setup wizard offers MCP and query configuration; a separate install-mcp command invokes MCP setup directly., MCP setup writes a Chemical X server entry into project Cursor and VS Code configuration; its test verifies those entries., The MCP installer target snippets and test show package-aligned configuration behavior, with no evidence of credential forwarding or a remote payload in these paths. - **Evidence against:** The inspected configuration behavior is user-invoked through setup commands and targets a named Chemical X MCP server., The postinstall command references scripts/postinstall.mjs, which is absent from the inspected package file list. ## Affected versions and remediation This report applies to @chem-x/create-chemx@26.9.16-41. - Review the evidence and your use of @chem-x/create-chemx@26.9.16-41 before allowing it. Restrict the permissions described in this report. - Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe. ## Public findings ### 1. High: Install Time Lifecycle Scripts - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 90.0% - **Path:** package.json - **Public source:** [View source]() Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```json scripts.postinstall = node scripts/postinstall.mjs ``` ### 2. Medium: Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 75.0% - **Path:** package.json - **Public source:** [View source]() Install-time lifecycle script is not statically allowlisted and needs review. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```json scripts.postinstall = node scripts/postinstall.mjs ``` ### 3. Low: Scripts Present - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 100.0% Package declares npm scripts. ### 4. High: Child Process - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 85.0% - **Path:** cli/navigator-share.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Package source references child process execution. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L2: import path from 'node:path'; L3: import { spawnSync } from 'node:child_process'; L4: import { ``` ### 5. High: Shell - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 85.0% - **Path:** cli/terminal.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Package source references shell execution. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L10: } else if (platform === "win32") { L11: spawnSync("cmd.exe", ["/c", "start", '""', url], { stdio: "ignore", timeout: 3000 }); L12: } else { ``` ### 6. Medium: Network - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% Package source references network APIs. ### 7. Medium: Environment Vars - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% Package source references environment variables. ### 8. Low: Filesystem - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 70.0% Package source references filesystem APIs. ### 9. High: Same File Env Network Execution - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 85.0% - **Path:** cli/license.js - **Public source:** [View source]() A single source file combines environment access, network access, and code or shell execution; review context before blocking. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L3: import 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'; ``` ### 10. High: Trigger Reachable External Ai Agent Control Surface Mutation - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 94.0% - **Path:** cli/scaffold.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Manifest-trigger-reachable source writes behavior-bearing configuration into a user or project AI-agent control surface. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript Manifest-trigger-reachable source links an external AI-agent control path to a behavior-bearing write operation. import fs from 'node:fs'; import path from 'node:path'; import { hasgum, guminput, promptquestion, renderbanner } from './terminal.js'; import { obtainlicensekey, fetchstarterkitfiles, loadlocalblueprintfiles } from './license.js'; export const runscaffold = async (projectname, rawargs = [], onrunaudit = null) => { renderbanner('chemical x: molecular architecture scaffolder (npm create chemx)'); const licensekey = await obtainlicensekey(rawargs, onrunaudit); let iscommunity = false; let files = {}; if (!licensekey) { process.stdout.write( '\n\x1b[38;2;98;201;255m⚡ chemical x: community edition (free)\x1b[0m\n' + 'the community version is free because ``` ### 11. Low: High Entropy Strings - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 55.0% Package source contains high-entropy string patterns. ### 12. Low: Url Strings - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 65.0% Package source contains URL literals. ### 13. Medium: Structural Risk Force Deep Review - **Category:** Artifact Inventory - **Confidence:** 70.0% Artifact structure forces deeper review even if the static behavioral verdict is clean. ### 14. High: Package Source Clone Identity Mismatch - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 88.0% - **Path:** cli/audit/social-git.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Package source closely matches a different published package identity; review for dependency-confusion or copied-code abuse. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript matchType = package_source_clone_identity_mismatch matchedPackage = create-chemx@26.9.14-1358 matchedPath = cli/audit.js matchedIdentity = npm:Y3JlYXRlLWNoZW14:26.9.14-1358 similarity = 0.757 shingleOverlap = 53 summary = source files closely matched a different published package identity ``` ## Dependencies and install lifecycle - **Lifecycle scripts present:** Yes - **Published lifecycle scripts:** postinstall - **Dependencies:** 5 - **Optional dependencies:** 0 - **Peer dependencies:** 0 - **Development dependencies:** 5 - **Published dependency-graph edges:** 5 ### Published dependency entries - @babel/parser ^7.29.8 (Dependency) - @babel/traverse ^7.29.8 (Dependency) - @babel/types ^7.29.8 (Dependency) - react ^18.3.1 (Dependency) - react-dom ^18.3.1 (Dependency) ## Package metadata - **Package:** @chem-x/create-chemx - **Ecosystem:** npm - **Version:** 26.9.16-41 - **License:** MIT - **Version published:** 2026-09-16T01:29:57.710Z - **Package first seen:** 2026-09-09T11:17:43.425Z - **Package last seen:** 2026-10-21T17:23:16.619Z - **Known versions:** 42 - **Latest version:** 26.10.19-530 - **Appeal under review:** No - **Description:** Chemical X Protocol: Private drop-in architecture starter kit and capsule generator - **Maintainers:** xopherdeep - **Artifact files:** 109 - **Artifact unpacked size:** 681,952 bytes - **Artifact signatures:** 2 - **Attestations:** No ## References - [HTML security report]() - [Repository]() - [Homepage]() - [Issues]()