registry / @chemx/create-chemx / 26.9.13-383

@chemx/create-chemx@26.9.13-383

Chemical X Protocol: Private drop-in architecture starter kit and capsule generator

AI Security Review

scanned 11d ago · by lpm-firewall-ai

Source inspection found no install-time execution or concrete attack behavior. The scanner-flagged process, network, and project-configuration operations are used by explicit CLI workflows and fit the package's scaffolding and audit functions.

Static reason

No blocking static signals were detected.; source closely matched a different package identity; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source

Trigger

A user invokes a command such as create, init, or audit; sharing requires an audit action.

Impact

These inspected behaviors support the advertised CLI functions; no confirmed attack surface was established.

Mechanism

Scaffolding writes requested blueprint files into the selected project target. License validation contacts its configured service, and sharing submits audit content after collecting project details.

AI rationale

Evidence

package.jsoncli/index.jscli/scaffold.jscli/license.jscli/navigator-share.jscli/terminal.jscli/audit/social-git.js

Network endpoints2

chemicalx.xophz.commycompassconsulting.com/wp-json/compass/v1/gatekeeper

Decision evidence

public snapshot

AI called this Clean at 91.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.

Evidence for AI clean decision

The manifest exposes command-line entry points and has no automatic install lifecycle hook.
Project scaffolding runs only through an explicit command and writes into a chosen target directory after checking it is empty.
License validation sends a supplied or cached license key and device identifier to the configured service.
Discussion sharing asks for project details and is an explicit audit action.
Shell utilities are invoked with fixed command names and argument arrays for browser opening or terminal prompts.
The flagged Git helper parses repository URLs to derive GitHub project information.

Evidence against

Behavioral surface

Source

ChildProcessEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell

Supply chain

HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings

Manifest

NoLicense

scanned 57 file(s), 361 KB of source, external domains: api.github.com, chemicalx.xophz.com, github.com, img.shields.io, mycompassconsulting.com, www.w3.org

Source & flagged code

6 flagged

cli/navigator-share.jsView file

Lines 1-22javascript

1import fs from 'node:fs';

2import path from 'node:path';

3import { spawnSync } from 'node:child_process';

4import {

High

Child Process

Package source references child process execution.

cli/navigator-share.jsView on unpkg · L2

5 hasGum,

6 gumChoose,

7 gumInput,

8 promptQuestion,

9 openBrowser

10} from './terminal.js';

11import {

12 detectGitRepoInfo,

13 detectGitHubUser,

14 getAuditBaseline,

15 createSnapshotFromReport,

16 getAuditHistory,

17 generateTransformationDiscussionContent,

18 generateDiscussionContent,

19 publishDiscussion,

20 publishOrUpdateDiscussion,

21 getStoredDiscussion,

22 copyToClipboard,

cli/terminal.jsView file

Lines 1-30javascript

1import readline from "node:readline";

2import { spawnSync } from "node:child_process";

3import { formatChemicalXGradient, ANSI } from "./theme.js";

5export const openBrowser

cli/license.jsView file

Lines 1-23javascript

1import fs from 'node:fs';

2import path from 'node:path';

3import os from 'node:os';

4import { spawnSync } from 'node:child_process';

cli/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, loadlocalblueprintfiles } 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); let iscommunity = false; let files = {}; if (!licensekey) { process.stdout.write( '\n\x1b[38;2;98;201;255m⚡ chemical x: community edition (free)\x1b[0m\n' + 'the community version is free because

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 unpkg

cli/audit/social-git.jsView file

•matchType = package_source_clone_identity_mismatch matchedPackage = create-chemx@26.9.13-383 matchedPath = cli/audit.js matchedIdentity = npm:Y3JlYXRlLWNoZW14:26.9.13-383 similarity = 1.000 shingleOverlap = 56 summary = source files closely matched a different published package identity

High

Package Source Clone Identity Mismatch

Package source closely matches a different published package identity; review for dependency-confusion or copied-code abuse.

cli/audit/social-git.jsView on unpkg

Source & flagged code

6 flagged · loading source

cli/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 · L2

cli/terminal.jsView file

10} else if (platform === "win32") { L11: spawnSync("cmd.exe", ["/c", "start", '""', url], { stdio: "ignore" }); L12: } else {

High

Shell

Package source references shell execution.

cli/terminal.jsView on unpkg · L10

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 GATEKEEPER_API_URL = process.env.COMPASS_GATEKEEPER_URL || 'https://mycompassconsulting.com/wp-json/compass/v1/gatekeeper';

Findings

6 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

HighPackage Source Clone Identity Mismatchcli/audit/social-git.js

HighPrevious Version Dangerous Deltacli/license.js

MediumNetwork

MediumEnvironment Vars

LowScripts Present

LowFilesystem

LowHigh Entropy Strings

LowUrl Strings

LowNo License

Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to @chemx/create-chemx@26.9.13-383.

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Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.

Evidence last updated: 2026-10-12 06:38:08.203Z (UTC).

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