SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
HN Search
Chrome extension
69
/ 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
HN Search's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
13%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 409,539 extensions
In Productivity
17%of productivity extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 198,326 productivity extensions
Findings
29
median 16Lower is safer
Critical findings
0
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
1
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
4
median 14vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 29 distinct issues across 6 severities
29
distinct issues
detected
detected
Scanners reported 37 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.
Critical00%
High414%
Needs Review00%
Medium1552%
Low931%
Info13%
Permissions requested
1 permission declared
No risky permissions
1 permission requested — none are flagged as risky.
Low
Create offscreen documents
Can create hidden documents for background processing tasks
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 13, 2026
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