registry / Destructive action / kempo / 4.2.38

kempo@4.2.38

A fullstack CMS framework for creating websites with user authentication

AI Security Review

scanned 2d ago · by lpm-firewall-ai

The CLI’s volume removal is part of an explicitly invoked setup flow, but it can remove a matching Docker volume without confirming ownership or warning about its contents. This supports a warning for unresolved destructive risk, not a confirmed malicious attack.

Static reason

One or more suspicious static signals were detected.; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source

Trigger

Running the package CLI with the init command and entering the new-container setup path.

Impact

A matching volume may contain data that the user did not intend to delete.

Mechanism

The CLI stops and removes a container, then attempts to remove the correspondingly named Docker volume without confirmation.

AI rationale

Evidence

bin/cli.js

Decision evidence

public snapshot

AI called this Suspicious at 86.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.

Evidence for warning

The package exposes a CLI that proceeds when the user invokes its init command.
In new-container mode, the CLI removes a Docker volume named from the database name before starting Docker Compose; the removal is not confirmed in this path.

Evidence against

The destructive behavior is limited to the explicitly invoked project initializer and its new-container setup path.

Behavioral surface

Source

ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell

Supply chain

HighEntropyStringsMinifiedUrlStrings

ManifestNo manifest risk signals triggered.

scanned 289 file(s), 764 KB of source, external domains: docs.docker.com, lexical.dev, raw.githubusercontent.com, resend.com

Source & flagged code

6 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=${

•matchType = previous_version_dangerous_delta matchedPackage = kempo@4.2.22 matchedIdentity = npm:a2VtcG8:4.2.22 similarity = 0.717 summary = stored previous version shares package body but lacks this dangerous source file

Critical

Previous Version Dangerous Delta

This package version adds a dangerous source file absent from the previous stored version; route for source-aware review.

bin/cli.jsView on unpkg

middleware/kempo.jsView file

Lines 81-121javascript

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

82 }

83 }

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

85 for(const entry

Source & flagged code

6 flagged · loading source

bin/cli.jsView file

Critical

Previous Version Dangerous Delta

This package version adds a dangerous source file absent from the previous stored version; route for source-aware review.

bin/cli.jsView on unpkg

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++){

Findings

1 Critical4 High4 Medium4 Low

CriticalPrevious Version Dangerous Deltabin/cli.js

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@4.2.38.

See all versions of kempo for other recorded verdicts.

Review the evidence and your use of kempo@4.2.38 before allowing it. Restrict the permissions described in this report.
Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.

Evidence last updated: 2026-10-21 04:04:06.327Z (UTC).

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