SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Cool New Tab
Edge extension·by The Heck
67
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
CAUTION
Mostly fine, but a few things worth reviewing before you install.
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
Cool New Tab's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
11%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 409,539 extensions
In Productivity
22%of productivity extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 8,187 productivity extensions
Findings
235
median 18Lower is safer
Critical findings
0
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
4
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
68
median 89vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 235 distinct issues across 6 severities
235
distinct issues
detected
detected
Scanners reported 236 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.
Critical00%
High52%
Needs Review00%
Medium22395%
Low73%
Info00%
Permissions requested
4 permissions declared
No risky permissions
4 permissions requested — none are flagged as risky.
Medium
Store local data
Can save data locally in the browser for persistence
Medium
Access bookmarks
Can read and modify your saved bookmarks
Low
Trigger searches
Can trigger searches using the default search engine
Low
Use side panel
Can display content in the browser side panel
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 6, 2026
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