registry / AI-agent control-surface risk / create-chemx / 26.9.17-1100

create-chemx@26.9.17-1100

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

AI Security Review

scanned 11d ago · by lpm-firewall-ai

The package automatically mutates consumer Cursor and VS Code MCP configuration from its postinstall hook without asking for consent. This meets the policy for blocking unconsented install-time mutation of an AI-agent control surface.

Static reason

High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source

Trigger

Installing the package with npm in a consumer project.

Impact

The consumer’s AI editor configuration is changed without an install-time consent prompt, enabling the configured local MCP server.

Mechanism

The postinstall hook selects the consumer directory and writes MCP server entries into its .cursor/mcp.json and .vscode/mcp.json files.

Policy narrative

During npm installation, the package’s postinstall hook uses the consumer working directory and automatically installs MCP configuration. The installer writes entries to Cursor and VS Code project configuration and points the entry to this package’s MCP command when locally available. This is an unconsented install-time change to an AI-agent control surface.

AI rationale

Evidence

package.jsoncli/postinstall.jscli/mcp/installer.js.cursor/mcp.json.vscode/mcp.json

Decision evidence

public snapshot

AI identified this as a dangerous AI-agent capability at 97.0% confidence with low false-positive risk.

Evidence for policy risk

package.json runs cli/postinstall.js automatically during installation.
The postinstall targets INIT_CWD or the current directory and calls installAllMcpConfigs without a consent prompt.
The installer writes MCP configuration into consumer .cursor and .vscode directories, replacing the chemical-x server entry.
When the package is present locally, the generated MCP configuration launches its CLI in MCP mode.
The CLI also exposes an explicit MCP installation command; the package’s install hook nevertheless performs the configuration automatically.

Evidence against

Behavioral surface

Source

ChildProcessEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell

Supply chain

HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings

ManifestNo manifest risk signals triggered.

scanned 158 file(s), 862 KB of source, external domains: api.github.com, cdn.jsdelivr.net, chemicalx.xophz.com, example.com, fallback.com, github.com, img.shields.io, mycompassconsulting.com, reports.chemicalx.xophz.com, unpkg.com, www.w3.org

Source & flagged code

10 flagged

package.jsonView file

Lines 26-66json

26 "scripts",

27 "README.md",

28 "LICENSE",

29 "docs",

30 "assets"

31 ],

32 "exports": {

33 ".": "./cli/index.js",

34 "./audit": "./cli/audit.js",

35 "./build": "./cli/build.js",

36 "./search": "./cli/search.js",

37 "./mcp": "./cli/mcp/index.js",

38 "./reader": "./cli/reader.js",

39 "./patcher": "./cli/patcher.js"

40 },

41 "scripts": {

42 "chemx": "node cli/index.js",

43 "test": "node --test cli/audit/*.spec.js cli/mcp/*.spec.js cli/build/*.spec.js cli/team/*.spec.js cli/*.spec.js",

44 "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit",

45 "publish:both": "node scripts/publish-both.mjs",

46 "postinstall": "node cli/postinstall.js",

High

Install Time Lifecycle Scripts

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

package.jsonView on unpkg · L46

Medium

Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script

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

package.jsonView on unpkg · L46

47 "chemx:mcp": "chemx mcp",

48 "chemx:verify": "chemx verify",

49 "chemx:test": "chemx test",

50 "chemx:typecheck": "chemx typecheck"

51 },

52 "dependencies": {

53 "@babel/parser": "^7.29.8",

54 "@babel/traverse": "^7.29.8",

55 "@babel/types": "^7.29.8",

56 "react": "^18.3.1",

57 "react-dom": "^18.3.1"

58 },

59 "devDependencies": {

60 "@types/babel__traverse": "^7.28.0",

61 "@types/node": "^22.20.2",

62 "@types/react": "^18.3.31",

63 "@types/react-dom": "^18.3.7",

64 "typescript": "^5.9.3"

65 }

66}

cli/audit-preflight-git.jsView file

Lines 1-21javascript

1import fs from 'node:fs';

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

High

Child Process

Package source references child process execution.

cli/audit-preflight-git.jsView on unpkg · L1

4const SOURCE_FILE_PATTERN = /\.

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/mcp/installer.jsView file

Lines 1-21javascript

1import fs from 'node:fs';

2import path from 'node:path';

3import os from 'node:os';

4import { syncAntigravityMcpSchemas } from './antigravity.js';

cli/scaffold.jsView file

•Runtime or CLI code links a write operation to an explicit external AI-agent control path: udes('--no-interactive') || boolean(process.env.ci) || process.stdout?.istty === false || process.stdin?.istty === false || boolean(process.argv?.some((arg) => arg === '--headless' || arg === '--ci' || arg === '--yes' || arg === '-y')); if (isheadless) { targetname = 'my-molecular-app'; } else { targetname = hasgum() ? guminput('project directory name:', 'my-molecular-app') : await promptquestion('project directory name [my-molecular-app]: '); } } const finaldirname = targetname.trim() || 'my-molecular-app'; const targetdir = path.resolve(process.cwd(), finaldirname); const direxists = fs.existssync(targetdir); const isdirno

High

External Ai Agent Control Surface Mutation

Runtime or CLI source writes behavior-bearing configuration into a user or project AI-agent control surface.

cli/scaffold.jsView on unpkg

•Manifest-trigger-reachable source links an external AI-agent control path to a behavior-bearing write operation. s = {}; 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 you tell us about your project\n' + 'and the app will automatically post your scorecard to our github discussions.\n' + 'you get a free plug, we get data to prove chemical x works and brings real value.\n' + 'everybody wins! thank you for supporting our community version.\n\n' ); files = loadlocalblueprintfiles(); iscommunity = true; } else { files = await fetchstarterkitfiles(licensekey); } let targetname = projectname; if (!targetname) { const isheadle

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.

scripts/pre-commit.shView file

•path = scripts/pre-commit.sh kind = build_helper sizeBytes = 5175 magicHex = [redacted]

Medium

Ships Build Helper

Package ships non-JavaScript build or shell helper files.

scripts/pre-commit.shView on unpkg

Source & flagged code

10 flagged · loading source

package.jsonView file

•scripts.postinstall = node cli/postinstall.js

High

Install Time Lifecycle Scripts

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

package.jsonView on unpkg

•scripts.postinstall = node cli/postinstall.js

Medium

Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script

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

package.jsonView on unpkg

cli/audit-preflight-git.jsView file

1import fs from 'node:fs'; L2: import { spawnSync } from 'node:child_process'; L3:

High

Child Process

Package source references child process execution.

cli/audit-preflight-git.jsView on unpkg · L1

Findings

1 Critical7 High5 Medium4 Low

CriticalAi Agent Control Hijackcli/mcp/installer.js

HighInstall Time Lifecycle Scriptspackage.json

HighChild Processcli/audit-preflight-git.js

HighShellcli/terminal.js

HighSame File Env Network Executioncli/license.js

HighExternal Ai Agent Control Surface Mutationcli/scaffold.js

HighTrigger Reachable External Ai Agent Control Surface Mutationcli/scaffold.js

HighPrevious Version Dangerous Deltacli/license.js

MediumAmbiguous Install Lifecycle Scriptpackage.json

MediumNetwork

MediumEnvironment Vars

MediumShips Build Helperscripts/pre-commit.sh

Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to create-chemx@26.9.17-1100.

See all versions of create-chemx for other recorded verdicts.

Avoid installing create-chemx@26.9.17-1100. Remove it from direct dependencies and check your lockfile for transitive copies.
Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.
If this version ran, investigate the affected machine and build environment. Rotate credentials it could access and rebuild from a trusted environment.

Evidence last updated: 2026-10-12 08:13:38.842Z (UTC).

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Findings

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