registry / create-newt-app / 0.35.1
create-newt-app@0.35.1
AI Security Review
scanned 12d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe package has no install hook, and the suspicious network behavior is limited to post-setup, package-aligned telemetry with an effective opt-out. The inspected entrypoint and required bundled dependency paths show normal CLI scaffolding, prompting, styling, and command parsing behavior.
Static reason
High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.
Trigger
A user runs the CLI and completes project creation.
Impact
The report supports product usage measurement and does not contain the project name or environment values.
Mechanism
The CLI reports product version, platform, CI provider, mode, and selected options; environment flags can disable the report.
AI rationale
The package has no install hook, and the suspicious network behavior is limited to post-setup, package-aligned telemetry with an effective opt-out. The inspected entrypoint and required bundled dependency paths show normal CLI scaffolding, prompting, styling, and command parsing behavior.
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 user-invoked CLI and has no install lifecycle hook.
- Telemetry runs after successful project setup and sends CLI version, platform, CI provider, mode, selected options, and explicit flags; it omits the project name and environment values.
- The telemetry endpoint is package-aligned, and environment flags can disable reporting.
- The inspected prompt, styling, and command-parser dependencies expose their expected runtime entrypoints and show no install lifecycle hooks.
- The bundled CLI code inspected here supports project scaffolding and optional user-selected installation and Git setup.
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 = "0.35.1";
...
L217: <% } %>BETTER_AUTH_URL=http://localhost:3000
L218: BETTER_AUTH_SECRET=generate-with-openssl-rand-base64-32
L219: `
...
L371: // Load root .env first, then local .env (local takes precedence)
L372: 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 = "0.35.1";
...
L217: <% } %>BETTER_AUTH_URL=http://localhost:3000
L218: BETTER_AUTH_SECRET=generate-with-openssl-rand-base64-32
L219: `
...
L371: // Load root .env first, then local .env (local takes precedence)
L372: 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@0.35.1.
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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