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create-newt-app@0.37.0
Scaffold a pnpm workspace with Next.js, NestJS, Better Auth and Kysely, wired together.
AI Security Review
scanned 12d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe flagged network behavior is product usage telemetry activated after a user runs the generator, and its reported fields are limited to runtime categories and scaffold choices. The package manifest has no install lifecycle hook, and the inspected source establishes no credential transfer or other attack behavior.
Static reason
High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.
Trigger
A user runs the generator and it completes project creation.
Impact
The inspected report does not contain credentials or host identifiers, and the source provides no confirmed attack surface.
Mechanism
The CLI posts selected scaffold options and runtime categories to its product telemetry endpoint; telemetry environment settings can disable the report.
AI rationale
The flagged network behavior is product usage telemetry activated after a user runs the generator, and its reported fields are limited to runtime categories and scaffold choices. The package manifest has no install lifecycle hook, and the inspected source establishes no credential transfer or other attack behavior.
Network endpoints1
newt-telemetry.newt-app.workers.dev
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 94.0% confidence as Benign with high false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- package.json exposes dist/index.js as the CLI and lists only build, development, test, and typecheck scripts.
- After successful project generation, the CLI reports its mode, explicit flags, and selected scaffold options.
- The report contains CLI and runtime version, platform, CI category, and scaffold choices; it does not read credentials or host identifiers.
- The telemetry request goes to the product endpoint and can be disabled with telemetry environment settings; the inspected dependencies provide prompt, color, and command-line functionality.
Evidence against
- The CLI sends telemetry by default when generation succeeds, and the report includes platform and CI category.
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 = "0.37.0";
...
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 = "0.37.0";
...
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
LowAi Review Evidencepackage.json
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to create-newt-app@0.37.0.
See all versions of create-newt-app for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of create-newt-app@0.37.0 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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