instabox@0.8.101
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 has no npm install hook, and its CLI sends credentials to its configured Instabox service. Telemetry is disclosed and can be disabled; the repository-transfer skill describes the sensitive files that may go to the user’s box.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.
Trigger
The CLI runs when invoked; repository transfer and dependency setup require the user to invoke the corresponding skill workflow.
Impact
No malicious behavior identified. The user-directed migration can transfer secrets present in repository files, which the skill documents before its workflow.
Mechanism
CLI requests go to the configured Instabox server. Onboarding events go to PostHog when telemetry is enabled. The move-repo workflow transfers repository content to the user’s Instabox box.
AI rationale
The package has no npm install hook, and its CLI sends credentials to its configured Instabox service. Telemetry is disclosed and can be disabled; the repository-transfer skill describes the sensitive files that may go to the user’s box.
Evidence
~/.config/instabox/credentials.json~/.config/instabox/telemetry.json~/.claude/skills~/.agents/skills~/.gemini/config/skills~/.bash_profile~/.bashrc
Network endpoints7
api.instabox.shus.i.posthog.commise.runraw.githubusercontent.combun.shastral.shsh.rustup.rs
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 91.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- The manifest has no install, preinstall, or postinstall hook; its scripts are for packing, tests, and formatting.
- API requests send credentials to the configured server URL, defaulting to the package’s Instabox API.
- Onboarding telemetry is disclosed, can be disabled, and is limited to command outcome and runtime details; it omits command arguments and names.
- The repository-move skill documents that it transfers the repository’s .git directory, including a remote URL that may contain a token.
Evidence against
- The move-repo skill can transfer sensitive repository data, including embedded remote tokens and conversation history, when a user requests that migration.
- The dependency helper downloads and runs tool installers when the user invokes the skill’s dependency setup.
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 Evidencelib/api.mjs
LowAi Review Evidencelib/telemetry.mjs
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to instabox@0.8.101.
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