registry / Destructive action / kempo / 4.6.0

kempo@4.6.0

A fullstack CMS framework for creating websites with user authentication

AI Security Review

scanned 2d ago · by lpm-firewall-ai

The scanner’s runtime installation signal is part of the user-invoked project setup flow. However, that flow can remove a matching Docker volume without a specific confirmation, so the data-loss risk warrants a warning.

Static reason

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

Trigger

A user runs the init command with Docker available and setup proceeds in new-container mode.

Impact

Data in a matching Docker volume may be permanently deleted. Noninteractive mode skips the existing-container selection prompt.

Mechanism

The CLI stops and removes the selected container, then removes a volume named from the database name before starting Docker Compose.

AI rationale

Evidence

bin/cli.js

Decision evidence

public snapshot

AI called this Suspicious at 89.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.

Evidence for warning

The CLI is activated by a user running its init command; it also installs Kempo into the selected project during setup.
When setup creates a new database container, it stops and removes a container with the selected name and removes the correspondingly named Docker volume. The noninteractive mode skips the existing-container selection prompt, so prior database data could be removed without a specific warning.
For an existing project with a public directory, noninteractive mode exits; interactive reinitialization asks for confirmation before deleting listed project files.

Evidence against

The destructive behavior is confined to the setup CLI and is not an install-time package lifecycle action.
Interactive setup lets the user review existing containers and explicitly confirms reinitialization of an existing project. These safeguards do not specifically confirm removal of a matching Docker volume.

Behavioral surface

Source

ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVars

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 391-458javascript

391

392writeFileSync(join(projectDir, '.env'),

393`# Database

394DATABASE_URL=${databaseUrl}

395

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

397RESEND_API_KEY=${

•matchType = previous_version_dangerous_delta matchedPackage = kempo@4.2.22 matchedIdentity = npm:a2VtcG8:4.2.22 similarity = 0.550 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 83-123javascript

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

84 }

85 }

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

87 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

438stdio: 'inherit', L439: shell: true L440: });

High

Shell

Package source references shell execution.

bin/cli.jsView on unpkg · L438

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@4.6.0.

See all versions of kempo for other recorded verdicts.

Review the evidence and your use of kempo@4.6.0 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 04:05:46.994Z (UTC).

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