SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
HeaderControl
Chrome extension·by Ashcroft
74
/ 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
HeaderControl's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
20%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 375,816 extensions
In Productivity
27%of productivity extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 180,069 productivity extensions
Findings
32
median 16Lower is safer
Critical findings
1
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
2
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
13
median 15vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 32 distinct issues across 6 severities
32
distinct issues
detected
detected
Critical13%
High13%
Needs Review00%
Medium2888%
Low26%
Info00%
Permissions requested
2 permissions declared
No risky permissions
2 permissions requested — none are flagged as risky.
Medium
Store local data
Can save data locally in the browser for persistence
Low
Block network requests (declarative)
Can block or redirect network requests using predefined rules without seeing content
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 16, 2026
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