instabox@0.8.106
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 install lifecycle hook, and its CLI and bundled native binaries serve the advertised Instabox CLI. Runtime usage telemetry is disclosed, limited to usage and runtime fields, and has opt-out settings; sensitive history transfer is described in the migration skill with an instruction to ask whether to skip it.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.
Trigger
User invocation of the CLI; migration and skill installation occur through user-directed commands, with no npm install hook.
Impact
No malicious impact identified. Intended CLI operations communicate with Instabox; the migration skill discloses that conversation history may contain secrets and asks whether to omit it.
Mechanism
The onboarding command sends usage outcomes and runtime metadata to PostHog, associated with the Instabox account ID. It does not send command arguments or names, and supports opt-out.
AI rationale
The package has no install lifecycle hook, and its CLI and bundled native binaries serve the advertised Instabox CLI. Runtime usage telemetry is disclosed, limited to usage and runtime fields, and has opt-out settings; sensitive history transfer is described in the migration skill with an instruction to ask whether to skip it.
Evidence
~/.config/instabox/credentials.json~/.config/instabox/telemetry.jsonagent skill directories under the user's home directory, when installation is invoked
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
- The manifest has no install lifecycle hook; its scripts are prepack, test, and formatting commands.
- The CLI’s onboarding telemetry reports outcomes and runtime details, and the package discloses it with opt-out settings.
- Telemetry is sent only when using the default Instabox server and is disabled by either opt-out variable.
- The repo-migration skill warns that copied conversation history may contain secrets and instructs the agent to ask whether to skip it.
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
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 Evidencebin/instabox.mjs
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to instabox@0.8.106.
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