registry / create-newt-app / 0.34.0
create-newt-app@0.34.0
AI Security Review
scanned 12d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe package manifest exposes a command-line generator without install lifecycle hooks. Its inspected network behavior is opt-out-controlled, package-aligned telemetry after a successful run, and the request body contains no credential or project-file data.
Static reason
High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.
Trigger
A user invokes the registered command-line tool and scaffolding completes.
Impact
The package shares product-usage metrics; the inspected payload contains no credentials or project files.
Mechanism
The tool posts CLI settings and coarse platform and CI metadata to its Newt-branded telemetry endpoint; telemetry opt-out settings disable the send.
AI rationale
The package manifest exposes a command-line generator without install lifecycle hooks. Its inspected network behavior is opt-out-controlled, package-aligned telemetry after a successful run, and the request body contains no credential or project-file data.
Evidence
package.jsondist/index.js
Network endpoints1
newt-telemetry.newt-app.workers.dev
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 94.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- The manifest exposes a command-line tool and lists build, development, test, and typecheck scripts, with no install lifecycle hook; inspected dependency manifests show build, test, and check scripts.
- After successful scaffolding, the tool sends telemetry to its Newt-branded endpoint. The request can be disabled through telemetry opt-out settings.
- The inspected telemetry payload contains CLI, platform, CI category, and project-generation choices; it does not include credentials or project file contents.
Evidence against
- The scanner’s credential-exfiltration label is not supported by the inspected request body, which contains product and environment-category metrics.
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 = "0.34.0";
...
L213: <% } %>BETTER_AUTH_URL=http://localhost:3000
L214: BETTER_AUTH_SECRET=generate-with-openssl-rand-base64-32
L215: `
...
L356: // Load root .env first, then local .env (local takes precedence)
L357: 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 = "0.34.0";
...
L213: <% } %>BETTER_AUTH_URL=http://localhost:3000
L214: BETTER_AUTH_SECRET=generate-with-openssl-rand-base64-32
L215: `
...
L356: // Load root .env first, then local .env (local takes precedence)
L357: 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@0.34.0.
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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