registry / kempo / 4.2.21

kempo@4.2.21

A fullstack CMS framework for creating websites with user authentication

Static Scan Results

scanned 2mo ago · by rust-scanner

Static analysis flagged 12 finding(s) at 72.0% confidence. This version is warn-only unless an AI or security-team review confirms malicious behavior.

Static reason

One or more suspicious static signals were detected.

Decision evidence

public snapshot

Behavioral surface

Source

ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell

Supply chain

HighEntropyStringsMinifiedUrlStrings

ManifestNo manifest risk signals triggered.

scanned 268 file(s), 361 KB of source, external domains: docs.docker.com, raw.githubusercontent.com, resend.com

Source & flagged code

5 flagged

bin/cli.jsView file

Lines 1-25javascript

1#!/usr/bin/env node

3import { existsSync, cpSync, mkdirSync, writeFileSync, rmSync } from 'fs';

4import { fileURLToPath, pathToFileURL } from 'url';

5import { join, dirname, basename } from 'path';

6import { execSync, spawnSync } from 'child_process';

7import crypto from 'crypto';

High

Child Process

Package source references child process execution.

bin/cli.jsView on unpkg · L5

8import inquirer from 'inquirer';

10const args = process.argv.slice(2);

11const command = args[0];

12const useDefaults = args.includes('-y') || args.includes('--yes');

14if(command !== 'init'){

15 console.log('Usage: npx kempo init [-y|--yes]');

16 process.exit(1);

17}

19const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);

20const __dirname = dirname(__filename);

21const moduleRoot = join(__dirname, '..');

22const projectDir = process.cwd();

23const projectName = basename(projectDir);

25/*

High

Entrypoint Build Divergence

Manifest entrypoint contains risky behavior absent from dist/build output.

bin/cli.jsView on unpkg · L5

Lines 377-444javascript

377

378writeFileSync(join(projectDir, '.env'),

379`# Database

380DATABASE_URL=${databaseUrl}

381

382# Email${emailServiceSkipped ? '\n# Configure your email service — update the values below' : ''}

383RESEND_API_KEY=${

middleware/kempo.jsView file

Lines 62-102javascript

62 return { filePath: join(base, head), params: {} };

63 }

64 }

65 if(rest.length === 0){

66 for(const entry

Source & flagged code

5 flagged · loading source

bin/cli.jsView file

5import { join, dirname, basename } from 'path'; L6: import { execSync, spawnSync } from 'child_process'; L7: import crypto from 'crypto';

High

Child Process

Package source references child process execution.

bin/cli.jsView on unpkg · L5

424stdio: 'inherit', L425: shell: true L426: });

High

Shell

Package source references shell execution.

bin/cli.jsView on unpkg · L424

5Manifest entrypoint (manifest.bin) carries capability families absent from dist/build output: environment+network, execution+network L5: import { join, dirname, basename } from 'path'; L6: import { execSync, spawnSync } from 'child_process'; L7: import crypto from 'crypto'; ... L19: const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url); L20: const __dirname = dirname(__filename); L21: const moduleRoot = join(__dirname, '..'); ... L25: /* L26: package.json L27: */ ... L65: const waitForPostgres = async (containerName, dbName = 'postgres') => { L66: process.stdout.write('Waiting for Postgres to be ready'); L67: for(let i = 0; i < 30; i++){

High

Entrypoint Build Divergence

Manifest entrypoint contains risky behavior absent from dist/build output.

bin/cli.jsView on unpkg · L5

Findings

4 High4 Medium4 Low

HighChild Processbin/cli.js

HighShellbin/cli.js

HighEntrypoint Build Divergencebin/cli.js

HighRuntime Package Installbin/cli.js

MediumDynamic Requiremiddleware/kempo.js

MediumNetwork

MediumEnvironment Vars

MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review

LowScripts Present

LowFilesystem

LowHigh Entropy Strings

LowUrl Strings

Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to kempo@4.2.21.

See all versions of kempo for other recorded verdicts.

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Evidence last updated: 2026-08-12 04:03:08.662Z (UTC).

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