@chem-x/starter-kit@26.9.9-632
Chemical X Protocol: Private drop-in architecture starter kit and capsule generator
AI Security Review
scanned 1mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThis is not an automatic install-time attack, but it provides an unresolved remote-payload and unvalidated-write capability during normal CLI use. The explicit AI-agent configuration write adds further risk.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.
Trigger
A user runs a create or init CLI command and provides a license key.
Impact
A compromised or malicious server response can overwrite files outside the intended target through traversal paths and place executable or agent-influencing content in the project.
Mechanism
Remote payload download followed by unvalidated file writes and AI-agent configuration creation.
AI rationale
This is not an automatic install-time attack, but it provides an unresolved remote-payload and unvalidated-write capability during normal CLI use. The explicit AI-agent configuration write adds further risk.
Evidence
cli/index.js<targetDir>/<remote 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 94.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- The explicit scaffold and init commands send a supplied license key and generated device identifier to a remote endpoint.
- The remote response supplies a files object whose keys and contents are written without path validation, allowing server-controlled project writes and path traversal.
- Scaffolding also adds a .cursorrules AI-agent instruction file to the target project.
Evidence against
- package.json has no preinstall, install, or postinstall hook.
- No self-dependency, eval, VM, dynamic module loading, or automatic package-time execution was found.
- Browser launching is limited to user-selected checkout options.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
NoLicense
Source & flagged code
5 flagged · loading sourcecli/index.jsView file
6import readline from 'node:readline';
L7: import { spawnSync } from 'node:child_process';
L8:
High
28if (platform === 'darwin') spawnSync('open', [url], { stdio: 'ignore' });
L29: else if (platform === 'win32') spawnSync('cmd.exe', ['/c', 'start', '""', url], { stdio: 'ignore' });
L30: else spawnSync('xdg-open', [url], { stdio: 'ignore' });
High
6import readline from 'node:readline';
L7: import { spawnSync } from 'node:child_process';
L8:
...
L16:
L17: const API_BASE = process.env.CHEMICAL_X_API_URL || 'https://chemicalx.xophz.com';
L18: const URL_STANDARD = 'https://mycompassconsulting.com/buy/chemical-x/standard';
High
Same File Env Network Execution
A single source file combines environment access, network access, and code or shell execution; review context before blocking.
cli/index.jsView on unpkg · L6Findings
5 High3 Medium5 Low
HighChild Processcli/index.js
HighShellcli/index.js
HighSame File Env Network Executioncli/index.js
HighSandbox Evasion Gated Capabilitycli/index.js
HighTrigger Reachable External Ai Agent Control Surface Mutationcli/index.js
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review
LowScripts Present
LowFilesystem
LowHigh Entropy Strings
LowUrl Strings
LowNo License
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @chem-x/starter-kit@26.9.9-632.
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