---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/create-kachow"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/create-kachow/report.md"
package: "create-kachow"
report_status: "published"
title: "create-kachow@1.2.0 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "1.2.0"
---

# create-kachow@1.2.0 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Blocked by malware advisory** — OpenSSF/OSV malware advisory MAL-2026-4539 identifies this version as malicious and supplies the Firewall block.

- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Block
- **Firewall policy:** Trusted malware advisory block
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** Malware
- **Selected version:** 1.2.0
- **Selected version is latest:** Yes
- **Analysis source:** OpenSSF/OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV)

OpenSSF/OSV malware advisory MAL-2026-4539 identifies this version as malicious and supplies the Firewall block.

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-4539 confirms this npm version as malicious. bin/create-kachow.js declares a BUILTIN\_KEYS object containing live API keys for four third-party AI providers (Gemini key starting AIzaSyByPyGWXRVsa0..., OpenRouter sk-or-v1-673e3b6d..., Mistral OiCiNtvBsogE..., DeepSeek sk-7ecd4ed8...). The key-resolution helpers (e.g. resolveGeminiKeys) fall back to these built-in keys whenever the corresponding env var is unset, so any installer running \`npx create-kachow\`...

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** external-osv-malicious-v1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Malicious
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 100.0%
- **Started:** 2026-06-30T15:00:00.099Z
- **Finished:** 2026-06-30T15:00:00.099Z
- **Download time:** Not available
- **Static scan time:** Not available
- **AI review time:** Not available
- **Total time:** Not available

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

## Security analysis

No additional public attack-surface or AI-review details are available.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to create-kachow@1.2.0.

- Avoid installing create-kachow@1.2.0. 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.

## Public findings

### 1. High: Osv Malicious Advisory
- **Category:** External Intel
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

bin/create-kachow.js declares a BUILTIN\_KEYS object containing live API keys for four third-party AI providers (Gemini key starting AIzaSyByPyGWXRVsa0..., OpenRouter sk-or-v1-673e3b6d..., Mistral OiCiNtvBsogE..., DeepSeek sk-7ecd4ed8...). The key-resolution helpers (e.g. resolveGeminiKeys) fall back to these built-in keys whenever the corresponding env var is unset, so any installer running \`npx create-kachow\` obtains and uses live credentials against generativelanguage.googleapis.com, openrouter.ai, api.mistral.ai, and api.deepseek.com. Two installer-affecting harms follow: (1) the keys are extractable from the package by anyone who installs it and can be abused against the four third-party providers (credential redistribution); (2) the README advertises a 'deterministic template generator — no AI required' fallback when no keys are set, but the code instead silently routes the user-supplied app description (the \`appPrompt\` from \`ask("Describe your app:")\`) to those four providers under the author's account, where prompts may be logged. This contradicts documented behavior and makes the data flow non-consensual.

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** No

- **Dependencies:** 0
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 0
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 0

## Package metadata
- **Package:** create-kachow
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.2.0
- **Version published:** Not available
- **Package first seen:** 2026-06-30T15:00:00.099Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-06-30T15:00:00.099Z
- **Known versions:** 1
- **Latest version:** 1.2.0
- **Appeal under review:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/create-kachow>)
- [OpenSSF/OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-4539>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/create-kachow/v/1.2.0>)