SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Alby - Bitcoin Wallet for Lightning & Nostr
Chrome extension·by Alby
0
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
RISKY
Several elevated signals. Read the findings before sharing this with your team.
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How it ranks
Alby - Bitcoin Wallet for Lightning & Nostr's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
1%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 369,936 extensions
In Games Entertainment
0%of games entertainment extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 8,778 games entertainment extensions
Findings
115
median 4Lower is safer
Critical findings
2
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
7
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
40000
median 4vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 115 distinct issues across 6 severities
115
distinct issues
detected
detected
Scanners reported 191 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.
Critical22%
High2723%
Needs Review00%
Medium7162%
Low1412%
Info11%
Permissions requested
3 risky permissions of 7 total
1 critical permission require attention
This extension requests 7 permissions in total. 3 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
Critical
Communicate with desktop apps
Can exchange messages with applications installed on your computer
High
Execute scripts in pages
Can inject and execute JavaScript code in web pages
High
View open tabs
Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs
Medium
Show notifications
Can display desktop notifications outside the browser
Medium
Store local data
Can save data locally in the browser for persistence
Medium
Unlimited local storage
Can store large amounts of data locally without size limits
Medium
Add context menu items
Can add custom items to the right-click context menu
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