diff --git a/packages/create-react-app/.snyk b/packages/create-react-app/.snyk
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0bd155ab483
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/create-react-app/.snyk
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Snyk (https://snyk.io) policy file, patches or ignores known vulnerabilities.
+version: v1.14.1
+ignore: {}
+# patches apply the minimum changes required to fix a vulnerability
+patch:
+  SNYK-JS-LODASH-567746:
+    - react-dev-utils > inquirer > lodash:
+        patched: '2020-05-01T00:47:46.069Z'
diff --git a/packages/create-react-app/package.json b/packages/create-react-app/package.json
index 86bd258f736..ee63896b42d 100644
--- a/packages/create-react-app/package.json
+++ b/packages/create-react-app/package.json
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@
     "semver": "^5.0.3",
     "tar-pack": "^3.4.0",
     "tmp": "0.0.33",
-    "validate-npm-package-name": "^3.0.0"
-  }
+    "validate-npm-package-name": "^3.0.0",
+    "snyk": "^1.316.1"
+  },
+  "scripts": {
+    "snyk-protect": "snyk protect",
+    "prepublish": "npm run snyk-protect"
+  },
+  "snyk": true
 }