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create-newt-app@0.35.6
Scaffold a pnpm workspace with Next.js, NestJS, Better Auth and Kysely, wired together.
AI Security Review
scanned 12d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe scanner's credential-exfiltration hint is not supported by the inspected request body, which contains usage settings rather than secrets. The telemetry is tied to the package's CLI and runs after a successful user-invoked scaffold, so no confirmed attack surface remains.
Static reason
High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.
Trigger
A user runs the CLI and successfully scaffolds a project; environment settings can disable telemetry.
Impact
The host receives categorical CLI usage details; the inspected payload does not include credentials or project file contents.
Mechanism
The CLI posts its version, platform, CI provider category, mode, and selected scaffold options to its telemetry host.
AI rationale
The scanner's credential-exfiltration hint is not supported by the inspected request body, which contains usage settings rather than secrets. The telemetry is tied to the package's CLI and runs after a successful user-invoked scaffold, so no confirmed attack surface remains.
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 entrypoint and lists no install lifecycle hook.
- The telemetry code sends a limited set of tool and scaffold details to the package's telemetry host, with environment-based opt-outs.
- The telemetry request contains usage settings and a CI provider category, not credentials or project file contents.
- The telemetry call follows a successful, user-invoked scaffold operation.
- The inspected prompt, styling, and command-line dependencies resolve through their declared library entrypoints and show no relevant attack behavior.
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 = "0.35.6";
...
L259: <% } %>BETTER_AUTH_URL=http://localhost:3000
L260: BETTER_AUTH_SECRET=generate-with-openssl-rand-base64-32
L261: `
...
L391: // Load root .env first, then local .env (local takes precedence)
L392: 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 = "0.35.6";
...
L259: <% } %>BETTER_AUTH_URL=http://localhost:3000
L260: BETTER_AUTH_SECRET=generate-with-openssl-rand-base64-32
L261: `
...
L391: // Load root .env first, then local .env (local takes precedence)
L392: 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@0.35.6.
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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