create-chemx@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-aiThis is not install-time malware, but the explicit CLI combines opaque remote payload delivery, unrestricted path writes, and AI-agent configuration mutation. That is a real dangerous capability requiring a warning.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.
Trigger
The user runs create-chemx or chemx init.
Impact
A compromised service can place or overwrite files outside the intended project and influence AI-agent behavior.
Mechanism
Remote file-map download followed by unconstrained filesystem writes and .cursorrules creation.
AI rationale
This is not install-time malware, but the explicit CLI combines opaque remote payload delivery, unrestricted path writes, and AI-agent configuration mutation. That is a real dangerous capability requiring a warning.
Evidence
cli/index.js~/.chemical-x/device_id~/.chemical-x/config.json<targetDir>/<server-supplied relPath><targetDir>/.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
- The explicit create and init commands download a file map from a remote service and write every returned entry to disk.
- Returned file paths are not constrained to remain beneath the selected project directory, so a server response can traverse outside it.
- The scaffolder also creates a .cursorrules AI-agent instruction file in the generated project.
Evidence against
- package.json has no preinstall, install, or postinstall lifecycle hook.
- Network and filesystem activity occurs only after a user invokes the CLI scaffold or init command.
- Child-process calls use fixed browser or gum commands; no shell string, eval, or dynamic code execution is present.
- No self-dependency, credential harvesting beyond the entered license key, or destructive command was found.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
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@26.9.9-720.
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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