instabox@0.8.100
A cloud box for your coding agent, the instabox CLI and its agent skills in one command: npx instabox@latest
AI Security Review
scanned 4d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe package provides the advertised cloud-box CLI and agent skills, with no npm install hooks. Its onboarding telemetry is disclosed, disableable, and limited to usage and runtime metadata; credentials are used with the configured Instabox API server.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.
Trigger
User invokes the CLI or its onboarding flow; there are no npm lifecycle hooks.
Impact
No harmful impact identified; observed telemetry is disclosed and limited to usage and runtime metadata.
Mechanism
API calls use the configured Instabox server. Onboarding usage events go to PostHog unless telemetry is disabled.
AI rationale
The package provides the advertised cloud-box CLI and agent skills, with no npm install hooks. Its onboarding telemetry is disclosed, disableable, and limited to usage and runtime metadata; credentials are used with the configured Instabox API server.
Evidence
~/.config/instabox/credentials.json~/.config/instabox/telemetry.json
Network endpoints2
api.instabox.shus.i.posthog.com
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 94.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- The manifest has no install, preinstall, or postinstall hook.
- The package is a CLI for Instabox cloud boxes and agent skills; its main behavior runs when the CLI is invoked.
- Onboarding telemetry is disclosed and can be disabled with INSTABOX_NO_TELEMETRY or DO_NOT_TRACK.
- Telemetry uses the Instabox account ID and reports command outcomes and runtime metadata, not command arguments or local file contents.
- API requests send credentials to the configured Instabox API server; the default is api.instabox.sh.
Evidence against
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetwork
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
5 flaggedcli/instabox-windows-arm64.exeView file
•path = cli/instabox-windows-arm64.exe
kind = native_binary
sizeBytes = 9035776
magicHex = [redacted]
Medium
Ships Native Binary
Package ships native binary artifacts.
cli/instabox-windows-arm64.exeView on unpkgskills/instabox-basic-setup/scripts/install-files.pyView file
•path = skills/instabox-basic-setup/scripts/install-files.py
kind = build_helper
sizeBytes = 2977
magicHex = [redacted]
Medium
Ships Build Helper
Package ships non-JavaScript build or shell helper files.
skills/instabox-basic-setup/scripts/install-files.pyView on unpkgpackage.jsonView file
Findings
5 Medium7 Low
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumShips Native Binarycli/instabox-windows-arm64.exe
MediumShips Build Helperskills/instabox-basic-setup/scripts/install-files.py
MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review
LowScripts Present
LowFilesystem
LowHigh Entropy Strings
LowUrl Strings
LowSuspicious Lifecycle Evidencepackage.json
LowAi Review Evidencebin/instabox.mjs
LowAi Review Evidencelib/telemetry.mjs
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to instabox@0.8.100.
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