SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Re-newtab
Chrome extension·by Jackie(Guokai) Han
0
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
RISKY
Several elevated signals. Read the findings before sharing this with your team.
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How it ranks
Re-newtab's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
4%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 347,108 extensions
In Make Chrome Yours
3%of make chrome yours extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 22,217 make chrome yours extensions
Findings
133
median 8Lower is safer
Critical findings
1
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
13
median 2Declared in manifest
Active users
3000
median 18vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 133 distinct issues across 6 severities
133
distinct issues
detected
detected
Scanners reported 181 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.
Critical11%
High3728%
Needs Review00%
Medium8866%
Low75%
Info00%
Permissions requested
5 risky permissions of 13 total
1 critical permission require attention
This extension requests 13 permissions in total. 5 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
Critical
Manage other extensions
Can enable, disable, or uninstall other browser extensions
High
View most visited sites
Can see your most frequently visited websites
High
Access browsing history
Can read and modify your complete browsing history
High
Manage downloads
Can initiate downloads and access your download history
High
View open tabs
Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs
Medium
Access session data
Can query and restore recently closed tabs and windows
Medium
Open downloaded files
Can open files that have been downloaded
Medium
Access bookmarks
Can read and modify your saved bookmarks
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
Access user identity
Can get OAuth2 tokens and access your Google account identity
Low
Access favicons
Can retrieve website favicon images
Low
Trigger searches
Can trigger searches using the default search engine
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Jul 31, 2026
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