registry / create-newt-app / 0.36.1
create-newt-app@0.36.1
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, and its telemetry follows a user-invoked scaffolding run and contains configuration metadata rather than credentials or file contents. The inspected entrypoint and required dependency sources showed no concrete attack behavior.
Static reason
High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.
Trigger
A user runs the create-newt-app command and scaffolding completes successfully.
Impact
No credential transfer or harmful account or system action was identified in the inspected source.
Mechanism
The command posts configuration choices and coarse runtime and CI metadata; environment variables can disable telemetry.
AI rationale
The package has no install hook, and its telemetry follows a user-invoked scaffolding run and contains configuration metadata rather than credentials or file contents. The inspected entrypoint and required dependency sources showed no concrete attack behavior.
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 95.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- package.json declares a command-line entrypoint and no install lifecycle hooks.
- dist/index.js sends telemetry after successful scaffolding; the payload contains runtime and project configuration metadata, and environment variables can disable sending.
- The inspected dependencies provide prompts, terminal styling, and command-line parsing; their inspected manifests and entrypoints showed no 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 = "0.36.1";
...
L259: <% } %>BETTER_AUTH_URL=http://localhost:3000
L260: BETTER_AUTH_SECRET=generate-with-openssl-rand-base64-32
L261: `
...
L393: // Load root .env first, then local .env (local takes precedence)
L394: 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 = "0.36.1";
...
L259: <% } %>BETTER_AUTH_URL=http://localhost:3000
L260: BETTER_AUTH_SECRET=generate-with-openssl-rand-base64-32
L261: `
...
L393: // Load root .env first, then local .env (local takes precedence)
L394: 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@0.36.1.
See all versions of create-newt-app for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of create-newt-app@0.36.1 before allowing it. Restrict the permissions described in this report.
- Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.
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