instabox@0.8.107
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 source shows no install hook or attack behavior. Its authenticated requests target the configured Instabox service, while disclosed onboarding telemetry can be disabled; limited native-binary visibility does not outweigh the wrapper’s documented CLI role.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.
Trigger
A user runs the CLI; onboarding telemetry is sent after successful sign-in unless disabled.
Impact
Expected authenticated use of the Instabox service and usage analytics; no harmful behavior was identified.
Mechanism
The wrapper uses the configured Instabox API for account requests and sends onboarding usage events to PostHog. The telemetry has a notice and opt-out.
AI rationale
The source shows no install hook or attack behavior. Its authenticated requests target the configured Instabox service, while disclosed onboarding telemetry can be disabled; limited native-binary visibility does not outweigh the wrapper’s documented CLI role.
Evidence
~/.config/instabox/credentials.json~/.config/instabox/telemetry.json~/.claude/skills~/.agents/skills~/.gemini/config/skills
Network endpoints2
api.instabox.shus.i.posthog.com
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 88.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- package.json declares no install lifecycle hook; its scripts are prepack, test, and formatting tasks.
- The CLI defaults to api.instabox.sh, accepts a user-selected server, and sends its sign-in token to that server as a bearer token.
- Onboarding telemetry reports command outcomes and runtime details to PostHog; the package discloses it and provides opt-out settings.
- The separate CLI installer downloads install.sh from the configured Instabox API host.
Evidence against
- The package includes native CLI binaries whose behavior is not fully established by the available static artifact views; the wrapper invokes them as the Instabox CLI.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetwork
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
5 flaggedcli/instabox-windows-arm64.exeView file
•path = cli/instabox-windows-arm64.exe
kind = native_binary
sizeBytes = 9043968
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/api.mjs
Affected versions and remediation
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