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1Code reviewed

No malware found

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Our reviewer read this extension’s code and found no malicious behaviour. An automated risk flag was reviewed and overturned.

59 indicators in this extension

59 indicators
1 version analysed

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What our analysis found

GNOME Shell integration, used by 700,000 people, showed no malicious code in Extension Auditor's review. It comes from a trusted publisher and was last updated in October 2025.

Analyst notes

The extension is the official GNOME Shell integration, published by a GNOME developer. All permissions (nativeMessaging, notifications, storage, idle) are necessary for core functionality: communicating with the GNOME Shell native host, synchronizing extension states, showing error notifications, and detecting screen lock for pause. No code exfiltrates data to third parties; all network access is limited to [domain withheld] domains. The ML model's low risk score (0.00) and regex pattern hits (createElement, innerHTML, appendChild) correspond to normal UI construction and content script injection, not malicious behavior. Third-party risk score also indicates low likelihood and trusted publisher.

GNOME Shell integration

GNOME Shell integration Chrome extension security report

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Supported Languages

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🇬🇧British English
🇧🇬Bulgarian
🇪🇸Catalan
🇨🇳Chinese (Simplified)
🇹🇼Chinese (Traditional)
🇭🇷Croatian
🇨🇿Czech
🇩🇰Danish
🇳🇱Dutch
🇺🇸English
🇪🇪Estonian
🇫🇮Finnish
🇫🇷French
🇩🇪German
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🇭🇺Hungarian
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Extension Info & Metadata

Status
Active
Version
12.1
Size
0.14 MB
Rating
3.8/5
Reviews
328
Users
700,000
Type
Extension
Updated
Oct 4, 2025
Category
Accessibility
Price
Free
Featured
No
Visibility
Listed
Mature
No
By Google
No
Trusted
Yes
This publisherTrack record
1extension
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Publisher Contextual Analysis

Trusted
Author
http://extensions.gnome.org/
MX records exist
Yes
Domain exists
Yes
Is disposable
No
Is role-based
No
Mailbox exists
Yes
Website
Visit
Extensions
1
Active
1
Obsolete
0
Listed
1
Unlisted
0
Users
700,000

Screenshots & videos

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Install growth

Item
Type
Severity
Description
nativeMessaging
Permission
High
This permission enables communication with applications installed on your computer. Rated High because it can exchange data with native programs, potentially exposing system-level information and local files.
Contextual Risk Factors
Risk Factor
High
The following context increases the overall risk:• 10% increase: Early script execution enables pre-emptive content manipulation
storage
Permission
Medium
This permission allows storing data locally in the browser. Rated Medium because it can persist sensitive user data, track user activities over time, and potentially store malicious payloads.
https://extensions.gnome.org/
Host
Medium
Host permission — access limited to this URL pattern.
https://extensions-next.gnome.org/
Host
Medium
Host permission — access limited to this URL pattern.
Early Content Script Execution
Risk Factor
Medium
This extension runs content scripts at document_start.
notifications
Permission
Low
This permission displays system notifications. Rated Low because it can only show user-visible notifications without accessing system data.

Each row lists a threat category the scanner evaluates. A checkmark means the review ran and found no matching issues in that category for this version.

  • Data Exfiltration

    Code review completed; no malicious patterns detected for this category.

  • Unauthorized Data Collection

    Code review completed; no malicious patterns detected for this category.

  • Network Interception

    Code review completed; no malicious patterns detected for this category.

  • Code Injection

    Code review completed; no malicious patterns detected for this category.

  • Credential Theft

    Code review completed; no malicious patterns detected for this category.

  • Obfuscation

    Code review completed; no malicious patterns detected for this category.

  • Tracking

    Code review completed; no malicious patterns detected for this category.

  • Privilege Escalation

    Code review completed; no malicious patterns detected for this category.

  • Phishing

    Code review completed; no malicious patterns detected for this category.

  • Remote Code Loading

    Code review completed; no malicious patterns detected for this category.

  • Other

    Code review completed; no malicious patterns detected for this category.

59 indicators in this extension

59 indicators
1 version analysed

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About this extension

This extension provides integration with GNOME Shell and the corresponding extensions repository https://extensions.gnome.org

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You MUST install native connector for this extension to work. For Arch Linux, Debian, Fedora, Gentoo and Ubuntu you can install package named "chrome-gnome-shell". You also can install connector manually. See https://gnome.pages.gitlab.gnome.org/gnome-browser-integration/pages/installation-guide.html for install instructions.

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59 indicators in this extension

59 indicators
1 version analysed

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Version
Size
Verdict
Findings
Permhash
12.1
Latest
0.14 MBNo malware found0
58c56de4711528aed92106044073e473e8fbebb62f5d52f68b03ce7263003829
11
0.22 MBNot scanned—
97d97ce5809adef2ed449ad0f259141c9352758ce30ac065aa50e4e7b996e9e6
10.1
0.19 MBNot scanned—
97d97ce5809adef2ed449ad0f259141c9352758ce30ac065aa50e4e7b996e9e6
12
0.14 MBNot scanned—
58c56de4711528aed92106044073e473e8fbebb62f5d52f68b03ce7263003829
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