SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Brand New Tab
Chrome extension
38
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
DANGEROUS
Meaningful risk surface. Avoid on managed devices without review.
Automated analysis of publicly available code — not a professional security audit. It may produce false positives and does not prove an extension is unsafe or safe. Treat it as one signal among many. Disclaimer · Report an issue
How it ranks
Brand New Tab's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
1%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 397,224 extensions
In Productivity
1%of productivity extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 191,247 productivity extensions
Findings
191
median 16Lower is safer
Critical findings
4
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
3
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
13
median 14vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 191 distinct issues across 6 severities
191
distinct issues
detected
detected
Scanners reported 198 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.
Critical42%
High105%
Needs Review00%
Medium10957%
Low3418%
Info3418%
Permissions requested
1 risky permission of 3 total
1 high-risk permission require attention
This extension requests 3 permissions in total. 1 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
High
View open tabs
Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs
Medium
Store local data
Can save data locally in the browser for persistence
Medium
Access current tab
Can temporarily access the content of the active tab when you click the extension
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 13, 2026
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