SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Blank New Tab
Edge extension·by Cheazey
85
/ 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
Blank New Tab's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
43%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 415,885 extensions
In Productivity
61%of productivity extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 8,222 productivity extensions
Findings
3
median 22Lower is safer
Critical findings
1
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
1
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
114
median 96vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 3 distinct issues across 6 severities
3
distinct issues
detected
detected
Critical133%
High133%
Needs Review00%
Medium00%
Low133%
Info00%
Permissions requested
1 risky permission of 1 total
1 high-risk permission require attention
This extension requests 1 permission in total. 1 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
High
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Oct 22, 2026
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