@chemx/create-chemx@26.9.11-481
Chemical X Protocol: Private drop-in architecture starter kit and capsule generator
AI Security Review
scanned 1mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiNo lifecycle execution or confirmed credential theft is present, but the explicit scaffold path is an unvalidated remote payload carrier with potential arbitrary file writes. This warrants a warning rather than a publish block.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.; source closely matched a different package identity
Trigger
The user runs the create or init CLI command with a license key.
Impact
A compromised service could select file contents and use traversal paths to write outside the intended project directory.
Mechanism
Remote file-map download followed by unchecked path writes.
AI rationale
No lifecycle execution or confirmed credential theft is present, but the explicit scaffold path is an unvalidated remote payload carrier with potential arbitrary file writes. This warrants a warning rather than a publish block.
Evidence
cli/license.jscli/scaffold.jstargetDir/<relPath>~/.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 90.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- The create and init commands download a server-supplied file map and write every returned path without path validation.
- The downloaded content is controlled by a remote endpoint and receives the supplied license key and a persistent device identifier.
- Importing the CLI's license module creates a home-directory configuration folder.
Evidence against
- package.json has no preinstall, install, or postinstall hook.
- Remote download and project writes occur only after an explicit create or init command.
- GitHub token use is confined to the explicit audit-sharing feature.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
NoLicense
Source & flagged code
5 flagged · loading sourcecli/scaffold.jsView file
•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, checkorpromptevaluation } 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);
if (!licensekey) {
process.stderr.write('\x1b[31m✕ valid license key is required to scaffold blueprints.\x1b[0m\n');
process.exit(1);
}
let targetname = projectname;
if (!targetname) {
targetname =
High
Trigger Reachable External Ai Agent Control Surface Mutation
Manifest-trigger-reachable source writes behavior-bearing configuration into a user or project AI-agent control surface.
cli/scaffold.jsView on unpkg37for (const [relPath, content] of Object.entries(files)) {
const fullPath = path.join(targetDir, relPath);
const dirName = path.dirname(fullPath);
if (!fs.existsSync(dirName)) {
fs.mkdirSync(dirName, { recursive: true });
}
fs.writeFileSync(fullPath, content, 'utf-8');
Medium
Ai Review Evidence
The create and init commands download a server-supplied file map and write every returned path without path validation.
cli/scaffold.jsView on unpkg · L37Findings
2 High5 Medium5 Low
HighTrigger Reachable External Ai Agent Control Surface Mutationcli/scaffold.js
HighPackage Source Clone Identity Mismatchcli/audit/social-git.js
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumAi Review Evidencecli/scaffold.js
MediumAi Review Evidencecli/license.js
MediumAi Review Evidencecli/license.js
LowScripts Present
LowFilesystem
LowHigh Entropy Strings
LowUrl Strings
LowNo License
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @chemx/create-chemx@26.9.11-481.
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