registry / create-newt-app / 0.33.3
create-newt-app@0.33.3
AI Security Review
scanned 12d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe scanner's credential finding is not supported by the inspected source: the reachable telemetry request sends project configuration choices and basic runtime data, not secrets or credentials. The request is package-aligned CLI usage telemetry with an opt-out, and the reviewed entrypoint and dependency sources establish no concrete attack behavior.
Static reason
High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.
Trigger
A user runs the CLI and the project creation completes successfully.
Impact
The endpoint receives usage and runtime information; no credential exposure or other concrete attack effect was found.
Mechanism
The CLI posts selected template options and basic CLI/runtime details to the package's telemetry endpoint; environment values and credentials are not included in the payload.
AI rationale
The scanner's credential finding is not supported by the inspected source: the reachable telemetry request sends project configuration choices and basic runtime data, not secrets or credentials. The request is package-aligned CLI usage telemetry with an opt-out, and the reviewed entrypoint and dependency sources establish no concrete attack behavior.
Network endpoints1
newt-telemetry.newt-app.workers.dev
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 90.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- package.json exposes dist/index.js as a CLI and declares no lifecycle hooks.
- dist/index.js sends telemetry only after successful project creation; the event includes CLI and runtime details plus selected template options, with an opt-out.
- The telemetry code does not collect project names, environment values, or credentials; the reviewed @clack/prompts, chalk, and commander entry files are prompt, styling, and CLI library code.
- The dependency manifests and entry files reviewed for @clack/prompts, chalk, and commander show no lifecycle scripts.
Evidence against
- dist/index.js sends usage telemetry by default to newt-telemetry.newt-app.workers.dev unless the user opts out.
Behavioral surface
CryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell
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 = "0.33.3";
...
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 = "0.33.3";
...
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@0.33.3.
See all versions of create-newt-app for other recorded verdicts.
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- Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.
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