SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
OpenNewTab
Chrome extension·by OpenNewTab
49
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
RISKY
Several elevated signals. Read the findings before sharing this with your team.
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How it ranks
OpenNewTab's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
2%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 409,539 extensions
In Productivity
5%of productivity extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 8,187 productivity extensions
Findings
27
median 18Lower is safer
Critical findings
1
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
4
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
15
median 89vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 27 distinct issues across 6 severities
27
distinct issues
detected
detected
Scanners reported 89 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.
Critical14%
High415%
Needs Review00%
Medium1867%
Low311%
Info14%
Permissions requested
4 permissions declared
No risky permissions
4 permissions requested — none are flagged as risky.
Medium
Access current tab
Can temporarily access the content of the active tab when you click the extension
Medium
Add context menu items
Can add custom items to the right-click context menu
Medium
Show notifications
Can display desktop notifications outside the browser
Low
Trigger searches
Can trigger searches using the default search engine
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 17, 2026
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