@chemx/starter-kit@26.9.9-720
Chemical X Protocol: Private drop-in architecture starter kit and capsule generator
AI Security Review
scanned 1mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe package has no automatic install lifecycle, but its explicit remote scaffold mechanism permits server-controlled writes with unchecked paths. This is a concrete supply-chain and path-traversal risk rather than confirmed autonomous malware.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.
Trigger
User runs a scaffold or init CLI command and supplies a license key.
Impact
A compromised or malicious service could place files outside the requested target through traversal paths; downloaded content is not executed by this package.
Mechanism
Remote file delivery with unchecked path-based writes.
AI rationale
The package has no automatic install lifecycle, but its explicit remote scaffold mechanism permits server-controlled writes with unchecked paths. This is a concrete supply-chain and path-traversal risk rather than confirmed autonomous malware.
Evidence
cli/index.js.chemical-x/config.json.chemical-x/device_id<targetDir>/<server-provided relPath>
Network endpoints1
chemicalx.xophz.com/api/starter-kit/download
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 94.0% confidence as Critical Vulnerability with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- The explicitly invoked scaffold and init commands download a server-defined file map and write its content locally without validating file paths.
- The server receives the entered license key and a persistent device identifier.
- Remote file names are joined directly to the target directory, so traversal segments could escape it.
Evidence against
- package.json has no preinstall, install, or postinstall hook.
- The download-and-write path requires an explicit CLI scaffold or init command.
- The source does not execute the 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 @chemx/starter-kit@26.9.9-720.
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