registry / create-newt-app / 0.32.1
create-newt-app@0.32.1
AI Security Review
scanned 12d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiSource inspection found opt-outtable, product-aligned usage telemetry activated by a completed CLI run, with no credential or file-content collection in its payload. The scanner's credential-exfiltration hint is not supported by the inspected source.
Static reason
High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.
Trigger
A user runs the CLI and project creation completes.
Impact
No credential theft or other harmful effect was established from the inspected source.
Mechanism
The CLI posts version, platform, CI category, run mode, flags, and selected project features; tracking environment settings can disable the send.
AI rationale
Source inspection found opt-outtable, product-aligned usage telemetry activated by a completed CLI run, with no credential or file-content collection in its payload. The scanner's credential-exfiltration hint is not supported by the inspected source.
Evidence
package.jsondist/index.js.lpm-dependency-evidence-0923d432-b4db-4f75-98d9-0eca1c459975/0/npm-linux/package.json.lpm-dependency-evidence-0923d432-b4db-4f75-98d9-0eca1c459975/0/npm-linux/dist/index.mjs.lpm-dependency-evidence-0923d432-b4db-4f75-98d9-0eca1c459975/1/npm-linux/package.json.lpm-dependency-evidence-0923d432-b4db-4f75-98d9-0eca1c459975/1/npm-linux/source/index.js.lpm-dependency-evidence-0923d432-b4db-4f75-98d9-0eca1c459975/2/npm-linux/package.json.lpm-dependency-evidence-0923d432-b4db-4f75-98d9-0eca1c459975/2/npm-linux/esm.mjs
Network endpoints1
newt-telemetry.newt-app.workers.dev
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 96.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- The manifest exposes a CLI entrypoint and has no install lifecycle hook; its dependencies are declared normally.
- When the CLI completes project creation, it sends usage data to the Newt telemetry endpoint. The payload contains CLI and Node versions, platform, CI category, mode, flags, and project feature selections.
- Telemetry can be disabled with standard tracking opt-outs or Newt-specific environment settings. The inspected payload does not include credentials, file contents, or host identifiers.
- The prepared prompt, color, and command-line dependencies have ordinary package entrypoints and no install hooks in their inspected manifests; their cited entry files show prompt UI, color formatting, and named command-line exports.
Evidence against
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
5 flaggeddist/index.jsView file
7import { randomBytes } from "node:crypto";
L8: import { execa } from "execa";
L9: import ejs from "ejs";
...
L11: import path from "path";
L12: import https from "node:https";
L13: //#region package.json
L14: var version = "0.32.1";
...
L212: <% } %>BETTER_AUTH_URL=http://localhost:3000
L213: BETTER_AUTH_SECRET=generate-with-openssl-rand-base64-32
L214: `
...
L353: // Load root .env first, then local .env (local takes precedence)
L354: dotenv.config({ path: resolve(process.cwd(), '../../.env') });
Critical
Credential Exfiltration
Source appears to send environment or credential material to an external endpoint.
dist/index.jsView on unpkg · L77Trigger-reachable chain: manifest.bin -> dist/index.js
L7: import { randomBytes } from "node:crypto";
L8: import { execa } from "execa";
L9: import ejs from "ejs";
...
L11: import path from "path";
L12: import https from "node:https";
L13: //#region package.json
L14: var version = "0.32.1";
...
L212: <% } %>BETTER_AUTH_URL=http://localhost:3000
L213: BETTER_AUTH_SECRET=generate-with-openssl-rand-base64-32
L214: `
...
L353: // Load root .env first, then local .env (local takes precedence)
L354: dotenv.config({ path: resolve(process.cwd(), '../../.env') });
Critical
Trigger Reachable Dangerous Capability
A package entrypoint or install-time lifecycle script reaches a source file with blocking dangerous behavior.
dist/index.jsView on unpkg · L7Findings
2 Critical2 High3 Medium5 Low
CriticalCredential Exfiltrationdist/index.js
CriticalTrigger Reachable Dangerous Capabilitydist/index.js
HighSandbox Evasion Gated Capabilitydist/index.js
HighTrigger Reachable Credential Exfiltrationdist/index.js
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review
LowScripts Present
LowFilesystem
LowHigh Entropy Strings
LowUrl Strings
LowSuspicious Lifecycle Evidencepackage.json
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to create-newt-app@0.32.1.
See all versions of create-newt-app for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of create-newt-app@0.32.1 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.
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