@chem-x/starter-kit@26.9.9-786
Chemical X Protocol: Private drop-in architecture starter kit and capsule generator
AI Security Review
scanned 1mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThis is not automatic install-time malware, but it is a user-invoked remote payload carrier with unchecked write paths. The unresolved remote content and traversal-capable write behavior warrant a warning.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source
Trigger
A user runs a scaffold or init CLI command and provides a license key.
Impact
A compromised or malicious endpoint response could place arbitrary files outside the intended project subdirectory through traversal paths, including developer configuration files.
Mechanism
Remote file download followed by unchecked project file writes.
AI rationale
This is not automatic install-time malware, but it is a user-invoked remote payload carrier with unchecked write paths. The unresolved remote content and traversal-capable write behavior warrant a warning.
Evidence
cli/index.js~/.chemical-x/device_id~/.chemical-x/config.json<selected-project>/<remote response file path><selected-project>/.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 CLI sends the entered license key and a persistent device ID to a remote download endpoint.
- The remote response supplies a file map that the CLI writes without validating paths or contents.
- The scaffold command creates a project AI-editor rules file.
Evidence against
- package.json has no preinstall, install, or postinstall hook.
- Network access and project writes occur only after an interactive CLI command and license flow.
- The inspected code contains no secret harvesting, shell command built from untrusted input, or automatic payload execution.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
NoLicense
Source & flagged code
6 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
34else if (platform === "win32")
L35: spawnSync("cmd.exe", ["/c", "start", '""', url], { stdio: "ignore" });
L36: 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";
...
L18:
L19: const API_BASE = process.env.CHEMICAL_X_API_URL || "https://chemicalx.xophz.com";
L20: const URL_LEARN = "https://chemicalx.xophz.com";
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
6 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
HighPrevious Version Dangerous Deltacli/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@26.9.9-786.
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