instabox@0.8.105
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 network activity supports user-invoked Instabox operations and disclosed, opt-out onboarding telemetry. Skill writes are limited to the package's own skills and preserve user-created copies; bundled CLI downloads are checksum-checked.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.
Trigger
A user runs the Instabox CLI or explicitly requests a box or skill installation.
Impact
Expected effects are Instabox account operations, local CLI and skill files, and limited onboarding telemetry.
Mechanism
The CLI uses the configured Instabox API for sign-in and requested box operations, sends disclosed usage telemetry, and installs the packaged CLI or skills.
AI rationale
The package has no npm install hook, and its network activity supports user-invoked Instabox operations and disclosed, opt-out onboarding telemetry. Skill writes are limited to the package's own skills and preserve user-created copies; bundled CLI downloads are checksum-checked.
Evidence
~/.config/instabox/credentials.json~/.config/instabox/telemetry.json~/.claude/skills~/.agents/skills~/.gemini/config/skillsthe selected Instabox CLI install directory
Network endpoints2
api.instabox.shus.i.posthog.com
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 93.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- package.json has no install, preinstall, or postinstall hook; its executable is the documented CLI entry point.
- The API client sends a supplied session token in the Authorization header to its configured service.
- Onboarding telemetry reports command outcomes and runtime details; its notice says it never sends arguments, names, paths, or messages.
- Telemetry is disabled by either DO_NOT_TRACK or INSTABOX_NO_TELEMETRY and is limited to the default Instabox server.
- The skill installer updates only copies marked as installed by Instabox and preserves a user's own skill with the same name.
- The Windows CLI installer checks the downloaded binary against a SHA-256 checksum.
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 = 9038848
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
6 Medium6 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
MediumStripped Provenance Metadatalib/api.mjs
LowScripts Present
LowFilesystem
LowHigh Entropy Strings
LowUrl Strings
LowSuspicious Lifecycle Evidencepackage.json
LowAi Review Evidencelib/telemetry.mjs
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to instabox@0.8.105.
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