@chem-x/starter-kit@26.9.9-700
Chemical X Protocol: Private drop-in architecture starter kit and capsule generator
AI Security Review
scanned 1mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe explicit CLI flow has an unresolved remote arbitrary-write risk and creates AI-agent configuration, but no install lifecycle, secret harvesting, or downloaded-code execution is present in the inspected source. This warrants a warning rather than a publish block.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.
Trigger
User runs the create or init CLI command and supplies a license key.
Impact
A remote service can place arbitrary returned content at paths escaping the chosen scaffold directory and influence Cursor in the created project.
Mechanism
Remote file delivery with unchecked path writes and AI-agent rule creation.
AI rationale
The explicit CLI flow has an unresolved remote arbitrary-write risk and creates AI-agent configuration, but no install lifecycle, secret harvesting, or downloaded-code execution is present in the inspected source. This warrants a warning rather than a publish block.
Evidence
cli/index.js~/.chemical-x/device_id~/.chemical-x/config.json<targetDir>/<server-supplied relPath><targetDir>/.cursorrules
Network endpoints1
chemicalx.xophz.com/api/starter-kit/download
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 90.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- The explicit CLI posts a user-supplied license key and persistent device ID to a remote service.
- Remote response file names and contents are written without path containment checks, allowing server-provided paths to escape the selected target.
- The scaffold command writes a Cursor rules file that directs AI-agent behavior.
Evidence against
- package.json has no preinstall, install, or postinstall hook.
- The networked scaffold and project writes require an explicit CLI create or init command.
- No source code harvests environment secrets or executes downloaded content.
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: import { runAudit as executeAstAudit, auditFile } from './audit.js';
High
29if (platform === 'darwin') spawnSync('open', [url], { stdio: 'ignore' });
L30: else if (platform === 'win32') spawnSync('cmd.exe', ['/c', 'start', '""', url], { stdio: 'ignore' });
L31: else spawnSync('xdg-open', [url], { stdio: 'ignore' });
High
6import readline from 'node:readline';
L7: import { spawnSync } from 'node:child_process';
L8: import { runAudit as executeAstAudit, auditFile } from './audit.js';
...
L17:
L18: const API_BASE = process.env.CHEMICAL_X_API_URL || 'https://chemicalx.xophz.com';
L19: 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@26.9.9-700.
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