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create-newt-app@0.35.5
Scaffold a pnpm workspace with Next.js, NestJS, Better Auth and Kysely, wired together.
AI Security Review
scanned 12d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe package has no install hook; its executable is a user-invoked scaffolding CLI. Its telemetry reports limited run and configuration data to its own product endpoint with effective opt-out flags, and the inspected dependencies show ordinary CLI library behavior.
Static reason
High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.
Trigger
A user runs the create-newt-app CLI and the scaffold completes.
Impact
The inspected telemetry path does not collect credentials or project files, and no harmful behavior was confirmed.
Mechanism
The CLI posts its version, runtime platform, CI provider, mode, and selected scaffold options to the package-aligned telemetry endpoint; environment flags can disable the send.
AI rationale
The package has no install hook; its executable is a user-invoked scaffolding CLI. Its telemetry reports limited run and configuration data to its own product endpoint with effective opt-out flags, and the inspected dependencies show ordinary CLI library behavior.
Evidence
package.jsondist/index.js
Network endpoints1
newt-telemetry.newt-app.workers.dev
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 91.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- package.json exposes a user-run scaffold CLI and declares no install lifecycle hook.
- The CLI sends product usage data after completing a scaffold run; the payload contains CLI and runtime details and selected scaffold options, not credentials or project files.
- The telemetry endpoint is package-aligned, and the send path honors documented environment opt-outs. The inspected dependencies expose prompt, styling, and command-line APIs.
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 = "0.35.5";
...
L232: <% } %>BETTER_AUTH_URL=http://localhost:3000
L233: BETTER_AUTH_SECRET=generate-with-openssl-rand-base64-32
L234: `
...
L386: // Load root .env first, then local .env (local takes precedence)
L387: 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 = "0.35.5";
...
L232: <% } %>BETTER_AUTH_URL=http://localhost:3000
L233: BETTER_AUTH_SECRET=generate-with-openssl-rand-base64-32
L234: `
...
L386: // Load root .env first, then local .env (local takes precedence)
L387: 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@0.35.5.
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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