registry / create-newt-app / 0.35.0
create-newt-app@0.35.0
AI Security Review
scanned 12d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe flagged network behavior is default-enabled product telemetry sent after a user-invoked CLI run to the package’s telemetry endpoint. The inspected source shows no credential or file collection, and the package has no install-time execution hook.
Static reason
High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.
Trigger
A user runs the CLI and project creation succeeds.
Impact
The telemetry reports usage choices and runtime categories; the inspected payload does not include credentials or project files.
Mechanism
The CLI posts its version, runtime and CI categories, invocation mode, and selected template options; environment settings can disable reporting.
AI rationale
The flagged network behavior is default-enabled product telemetry sent after a user-invoked CLI run to the package’s telemetry endpoint. The inspected source shows no credential or file collection, and the package has no install-time execution hook.
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
- package.json exposes dist/index.js as a CLI and lists build, development, test, and typecheck scripts; it has no install lifecycle hook.
- After successful project creation, the CLI sends usage telemetry to the package’s telemetry host. The payload contains runtime, CI category, CLI mode, and template selections.
- Telemetry can be disabled with DO_NOT_TRACK or the package’s telemetry environment settings.
- The inspected prompt, terminal styling, and command parsing dependencies expose ordinary library entrypoints; their manifests show no install hooks.
Evidence against
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetwork
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 = "0.35.0";
...
L217: <% } %>BETTER_AUTH_URL=http://localhost:3000
L218: BETTER_AUTH_SECRET=generate-with-openssl-rand-base64-32
L219: `
...
L360: // Load root .env first, then local .env (local takes precedence)
L361: 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 = "0.35.0";
...
L217: <% } %>BETTER_AUTH_URL=http://localhost:3000
L218: BETTER_AUTH_SECRET=generate-with-openssl-rand-base64-32
L219: `
...
L360: // Load root .env first, then local .env (local takes precedence)
L361: 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@0.35.0.
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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