instabox@0.8.108
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 the inspected network behavior supports the user-run instabox CLI. Disclosed, disableable usage telemetry and user-directed skill workflows do not show malicious collection or account actions.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.
Trigger
User invokes the CLI or explicitly follows a migration skill workflow.
Impact
No malicious impact identified in the inspected source.
Mechanism
The CLI contacts its configured instabox API and sends disclosed usage telemetry to PostHog; the migration workflow stages conversation history for transfer to the user's box.
AI rationale
The package has no npm install hook, and the inspected network behavior supports the user-run instabox CLI. Disclosed, disableable usage telemetry and user-directed skill workflows do not show malicious collection or account actions.
Network endpoints2
api.instabox.shus.i.posthog.com
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 exposes a CLI and has no install, preinstall, or postinstall hook.
- The CLI sends instabox API credentials to the configured instabox server when the user runs it.
- Onboarding telemetry reports command outcomes and runtime details, is disclosed, and can be disabled; it omits names, paths, and messages.
- The skill describes organization secrets as host-scoped credentials delivered through the box proxy, and warns that migrated conversation history may contain secrets.
Evidence against
- The package’s stated purpose is to provide the instabox CLI and its agent skills.
- The inspected network and credential flows are tied to user-run CLI or migration workflows; no automatic collection of third-party credentials or project data was identified.
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 Evidencelib/api.mjs
LowAi Review Evidencelib/telemetry.mjs
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to instabox@0.8.108.
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