create-chemx@26.9.9-700
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 install lifecycle hook, so the behavior is user-triggered rather than unconsented installation-time mutation. Its unchecked remote file delivery and explicit AI-agent instruction-file write warrant a warning.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.
Trigger
User runs the create-chemx or chemx CLI with scaffold or init.
Impact
A compromised or malicious service response could place unexpected files, including paths outside the selected project through traversal, and influence an AI agent through .cursorrules.
Mechanism
Remote template download followed by unvalidated file writes and AI instruction-file creation.
AI rationale
The package has no install lifecycle hook, so the behavior is user-triggered rather than unconsented installation-time mutation. Its unchecked remote file delivery and explicit AI-agent instruction-file write warrant a warning.
Evidence
cli/index.js.chemical-x/config.json.chemical-x/device_id<selected-project>/<server-supplied-path><selected-project>/.cursorrules
Network endpoints1
chemicalx.xophz.com/api/starter-kit/download
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 90.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- Scaffold and init accept a remote file map and write each returned path without containment validation.
- The scaffold command creates a .cursorrules AI-agent instruction file in the selected project.
- The CLI posts a license key and persistent device identifier to a remote service.
Evidence against
- package.json has no preinstall, install, or postinstall hook.
- The network download and project writes occur only after an explicit CLI scaffold or init action and license flow.
- Child-process use is limited to interactive UI detection and opening user-selected checkout links.
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 create-chemx@26.9.9-700.
See all versions of create-chemx for other recorded verdicts.
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- Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.
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