@chem-x/starter-kit@26.9.13-272
Chemical X Protocol: Private drop-in architecture starter kit and capsule generator
AI Security Review
scanned 11d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe configurable licensing endpoint creates a concrete conditional credential exposure risk, so this warrants a warning. The reviewed source does not establish covert credential theft or an automatic install-time attack.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source
Trigger
Running the scaffolder with a license key while CHEMICAL_X_API_URL points to a chosen endpoint.
Impact
The license credential could be exposed to an unintended endpoint if the caller configures an untrusted API base. No evidence shows the package silently choosing such a destination.
Mechanism
The package selects the environment-provided API base without restricting its destination, then posts the normalized license key and device ID there.
AI rationale
The configurable licensing endpoint creates a concrete conditional credential exposure risk, so this warrants a warning. The reviewed source does not establish covert credential theft or an automatic install-time attack.
Evidence
cli/license.jscli/scaffold.js
Network endpoints2
chemicalx.xophz.comCHEMICAL_X_API_URL
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 89.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- cli/license.js lets CHEMICAL_X_API_URL replace the default licensing service.
- cli/license.js sends the normalized license key and device ID to that selected API endpoint.
- The key can come from a CLI flag or the locally cached license key.
- Scaffolding runs through an explicit CLI command.
Evidence against
- package.json defines CLI entrypoints but no install lifecycle hooks.
- The default license endpoint is the package's Chemical X service.
- The scaffold writes its agent rules after the user invokes the scaffolder.
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 {
...
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
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/build/executor.js
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
LowScripts Present
LowFilesystem
LowHigh Entropy Strings
LowUrl Strings
LowNo License
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @chem-x/starter-kit@26.9.13-272.
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