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@chemx/create-chemx@26.9.13-632
Chemical X Protocol: Private drop-in architecture starter kit and capsule generator
AI Security Review
scanned 11d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe inspected entrypoints expose interactive CLI workflows, and the manifest has no install lifecycle hook. The flagged process, network, and configuration behavior is used for user-invoked terminal, licensing, scaffolding, and audit functions; no concrete attack behavior was identified.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.; source closely matched a different package identity
Trigger
The user runs the create-chemx or chemx CLI, chooses a scaffold or audit action, and proceeds through its prompts.
Impact
These actions create files in the chosen project and send licensing or audit information during the corresponding CLI workflows. No confirmed attack surface was established.
Mechanism
Scaffolding writes selected starter files and a project-level .cursorrules file; license validation sends the entered license key and device identifier to configured service endpoints; report sharing requests project details before posting.
AI rationale
The inspected entrypoints expose interactive CLI workflows, and the manifest has no install lifecycle hook. The flagged process, network, and configuration behavior is used for user-invoked terminal, licensing, scaffolding, and audit functions; no concrete attack behavior was identified.
Evidence
package.jsoncli/index.jscli/scaffold.jscli/license.jscli/navigator-share.jscli/terminal.jscli/audit/social-git.js
Network endpoints2
chemicalx.xophz.commycompassconsulting.com
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 91.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- package.json exposes a CLI and has no install lifecycle hook.
- Scaffolding runs when the CLI is invoked and writes starter files into the selected project directory.
- The generated .cursorrules file is part of that user-invoked project setup.
- License and device identifiers are sent to configured service endpoints for license validation and starter-kit download.
- GitHub username and project details are requested before audit reports are posted.
- GitHub user detection and browser launching use ordinary CLI integrations.
Evidence against
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
NoLicense
Source & flagged code
5 flagged · loading sourcecli/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 · L2cli/terminal.jsView file
10} else if (platform === "win32") {
L11: spawnSync("cmd.exe", ["/c", "start", '""', url], { stdio: "ignore" });
L12: } else {
High
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
5 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
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
LowScripts Present
LowFilesystem
LowHigh Entropy Strings
LowUrl Strings
LowNo License
Affected versions and remediation
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