---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@cxtms/cx-schema"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@cxtms/cx-schema/v/1.9.249.md"
package: "@cxtms/cx-schema"
report_status: "published"
title: "@cxtms/cx-schema@1.9.249 npm security report"
verdict: "suspicious"
version: "1.9.249"
---

# @cxtms/cx-schema@1.9.249 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Flagged as agent extension risk** — Allowed by default with warning: install-time first-party agent extension setup was detected.

- **Verdict:** Suspicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Warn
- **Firewall policy:** Warn-only agent extension risk
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** Agent extension lifecycle risk
- **Selected version:** 1.9.249
- **Selected version is latest:** No
- **Analysis source:** AI Security Review (lpm-firewall-ai)

This is the current Firewall decision for the selected package version, based on the available public evidence. Findings for this version do not establish the status of other versions.

AI assessment: suspicious; recommendation: downgrade to warn. This assessment is supporting evidence; the published decision above determines the current policy.

LPM treats this as warn-only first-party agent extension lifecycle risk. Installation mutates the consumer project's Claude Code skill directories. It replaces CXTMS skills and removes four deprecated skill directories.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Suspicious
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 91.0%
- **Started:** 2026-09-12T13:34:14.438Z
- **Finished:** 2026-09-12T13:36:00.553Z
- **Download time:** 763 ms
- **Static scan time:** 691 ms
- **AI review time:** 104660 ms
- **Total time:** 106115 ms

The recorded confidence comes from the underlying analysis. Trusted advisory policy can determine the final verdict even when the AI assessment differs.

## Security analysis

### Published attack-surface review

- **Summary:** Installation mutates the consumer project's Claude Code skill directories. It replaces CXTMS skills and removes four deprecated skill directories.

- **Trigger:** npm installation runs postinstall.

- **Impact:** A package install changes an AI-agent extension surface without an explicit CLI command.

- **Evidence paths:** package.json, scripts/postinstall.js

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-09-12T13:36:00.553Z

### AI review details

- **Review stage:** source\_first\_review

- **Mechanism:** Automatic project-level Claude skill installation and recursive skill deletion.

- **Rationale:** The automatic first-party skill setup is a concrete lifecycle risk and includes destructive replacement of named project skill folders. It fits the policy's warning tier for package-owned agent extensions rather than a publish-block chain.

- **Files touched:** .cx-schema, .cx-schema/validate.js, .claude/skills/cxtms-developer, .claude/skills/cxtms-module-builder, .claude/skills/cxtms-workflow-builder, .claude/skills/cx-build, .claude/skills/cx-core, .claude/skills/cx-module, .claude/skills/cx-workflow

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Suspicious

- **Confidence:** 91.0%

- **Recommended action:** downgrade\_to\_warn

- **Intent class:** Dangerous Capability

- **False-positive risk:** Low

- **Evidence for warning:** The postinstall lifecycle hook runs automatically during installation., The hook replaces and installs three package-provided Claude Code skill directories in the consumer project., The hook also recursively deletes named existing skill directories without an explicit user command.

- **Evidence against:** The installed skills are package-named CXTMS extensions rather than a broad configuration rewrite., CLAUDE.md modification is present but disabled., No install-time network access, credential collection, or payload download was found.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to @cxtms/cx-schema@1.9.249.

- Review the evidence and your use of @cxtms/cx-schema@1.9.249 before allowing it. Restrict the permissions described in this report.
- Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.

## Public findings

### 1. High: Install Time Lifecycle Scripts
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@cxtms/cx-schema@1.9.249/package.json>)

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
scripts.postinstall = node scripts/postinstall.js
```

### 2. Medium: Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@cxtms/cx-schema@1.9.249/package.json>)

Install-time lifecycle script is not statically allowlisted and needs review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
scripts.postinstall = node scripts/postinstall.js
```

### 3. Low: Non Install Lifecycle Scripts
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 80.0%

Package declares lifecycle scripts that are not normally run for registry tarball installs.

### 4. Low: Scripts Present
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

Package declares npm scripts.

### 5. Medium: Secret Pattern
- **Category:** Secrets
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** templates/workflow-ftp-edi.yaml
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@cxtms/cx-schema@1.9.249/templates/workflow-ftp-edi.yaml>)

Package contains a possible secret pattern.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```yaml
patternName = generic_password
severity = medium
line = 62
```

### 6. High: Child Process
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@cxtms/cx-schema@1.9.249/dist/cli.js>)

Package source references child process execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L1527: console.log(chalk_1.default.bold.cyan('╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝\n'));
L1528: const { execSync } = require('child_process');
L1529: const legacyPkgPath = path.join(process.cwd(), 'node_modules', '@cxtms', 'cx-schema', 'package.json');
```

### 7. High: Shell
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%

Package source references shell execution.

### 8. Medium: Network
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%

Package source references network APIs.

### 9. Medium: Environment Vars
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%

Package source references environment variables.

### 10. Low: Filesystem
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 70.0%

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 11. Critical: Ai Agent Control Hijack
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** scripts/postinstall.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@cxtms/cx-schema@1.9.249/scripts/postinstall.js>)

Source creates an unconsented AI-agent control surface through install-time mutation or a default unauthenticated remote skill channel.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Install-time AI-agent control hijack evidence:
L35: if (!fs.existsSync(dest)) {
L36: fs.mkdirSync(dest, { recursive: true });
L37: }
...
L48: } else {
L49: fs.copyFileSync(srcPath, destPath);
L50: }
...
L103: const scriptPath = path.join(projectRoot, '.cx-schema', 'validate.js');
L104: fs.writeFileSync(scriptPath, scriptContent, 'utf-8');
L105: 
...
L172: function setupClaudeMd(projectRoot) {
L173: const claudeMdPath = path.join(projectRoot, 'CLAUDE.md');
L174: const cxContent = generateClaudeMdContent();
Payload evidence from skills/cxtms-developer/SKILL.md:
L1: ---
L2: name: cxtms-developer
```

### 12. High: Trigger Reachable External Ai Agent Control Surface Mutation
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@cxtms/cx-schema@1.9.249/dist/cli.js>)

Manifest-trigger-reachable source writes behavior-bearing configuration into a user or project AI-agent control surface.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Manifest-trigger-reachable source links an external AI-agent control path to a behavior-bearing write operation.
st)) {
        fs.mkdirsync(dest, { recursive: true });
    }
    const entries = fs.readdirsync(src, { withfiletypes: true });
    for (const entry of entries) {
        const srcpath = path.join(src, entry.name);
        const destpath = path.join(dest, entry.name);
        if (entry.isdirectory()) {
            copydirectorysync(srcpath, destpath);
        }
        else {
            fs.copyfilesync(srcpath, destpath);
        }
    }
}
function runinstallskills() {
    console.log(chalk_1.default.bold.cyan('\n╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗'));
    console.log(chalk_1.default.bold.cyan('║                  install claude code skills
```

### 13. High: Runtime Package Install
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 86.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@cxtms/cx-schema@1.9.249/dist/cli.js>)

Package source invokes a package manager install command at runtime.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L1545: try {
L1546: execSync('npm install cxtms@latest', {
L1547: stdio: 'inherit',
```

### 14. Low: High Entropy Strings
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 55.0%

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

### 15. Low: Url Strings
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 65.0%

Package source contains URL literals.

### 16. Medium: Structural Risk Force Deep Review
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

Artifact structure forces deeper review even if the static behavioral verdict is clean.

### 17. High: Semantic Analysis Limited
- **Category:** Scanner Coverage
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@cxtms/cx-schema@1.9.249/package.json>)

A bounded semantic-analysis stage reached its safety limit; remaining detectors completed, but this package requires AI review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_parse_error; limitedFiles = 1
```

### 18. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@cxtms/cx-schema@1.9.249/dist/cli.js>)

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = normalized_sha256
matchedPackage = cxtms@1.9.249
matchedPath = dist/cli.js
matchedIdentity = npm:Y3h0bXM:1.9.249
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 19. High: Known Malware Source Fingerprint Signature
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@cxtms/cx-schema@1.9.249/dist/cli.js>)

Source fingerprint signature matches a known malicious package signature; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = malicious_source_fingerprint_signature
signature = d5b25ee7f9f139ed
signatureType = suspicious_hashes
sourceLabel = final_verdict:malicious
matchedPackage = cxtms@1.9.249
matchedPath = dist/cli.js
matchedIdentity = npm:Y3h0bXM:1.9.249
similarity = 1.000
shingleOverlap = 9
summary = package final verdict is malicious
```

### 20. Medium: Secret Pattern
- **Category:** Secrets
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** templates/workflow-ftp-tracking.yaml
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@cxtms/cx-schema@1.9.249/templates/workflow-ftp-tracking.yaml>)

Hardcoded password in templates/workflow-ftp-tracking.yaml

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```yaml
patternName = generic_password
severity = medium
line = 62
```

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** Yes
- **Published lifecycle scripts:** postinstall, prepare
- **Dependencies:** 5
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 4
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 5

### Published dependency entries
- ajv ^8.12.0 (Dependency)
- ajv-formats ^2.1.1 (Dependency)
- chalk ^4.1.2 (Dependency)
- update-notifier ^5.1.0 (Dependency)
- yaml ^2.8.2 (Dependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** @cxtms/cx-schema
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.9.249
- **License:** MIT
- **Version published:** 2026-09-10T10:38:26.111Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-08-26T14:25:51.966Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-10-08T01:26:59.813Z
- **Known versions:** 25
- **Latest version:** 1.9.272
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** Schema validation package for CXTMS YAML modules
- **Author:** CXTMS
- **Maintainers:** anko
- **Keywords:** schema, validation, yaml, tms, cxtms, module
- **Runtime engines:** node: \>=14.0.0
- **Artifact files:** 238
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 1,704,033 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 1
- **Attestations:** Yes
- **Provenance:** https://slsa.dev/provenance/v1

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@cxtms/cx-schema/v/1.9.249>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/cargoxplorer/cx-schema>)
- [Homepage](<https://github.com/cargoxplorer/cx-schema#readme>)
- [Issues](<https://github.com/cargoxplorer/cx-schema/issues>)
